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William Monk
Mount Atom, GRIMM Keizersgracht 241, Amsterdam (NL), 2 October - 21 November 2020

William Monk: Mount Atom

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Works
  • William Monk Atom Rising I, 2020 Oil on canvas Unframed: 45 x 35 cm | 17 3/4 x 13 3/4 in Framed: 47.4 x 37.5 x 6 cm | 18 5/8 x 14 3/4 in
    William Monk
    Atom Rising I, 2020
    Oil on canvas
    Unframed: 45 x 35 cm | 17 3/4 x 13 3/4 in
    Framed: 47.4 x 37.5 x 6 cm | 18 5/8 x 14 3/4 in
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  • William Monk Atom Rising II, 2020 Oil on canvas Unframed: 45 x 35 cm | 17 3/4 x 13 3/4 in Framed: 47.2 x 37.5 x 6 cm | 18 5/8 x 14 3/4 in
    William Monk
    Atom Rising II, 2020
    Oil on canvas
    Unframed: 45 x 35 cm | 17 3/4 x 13 3/4 in
    Framed: 47.2 x 37.5 x 6 cm | 18 5/8 x 14 3/4 in
    Sold
  • William Monk Atom Rising III, 2020 Oil on canvas Unframed: 45 x 35 cm | 17 3/4 x 13 3/4 in Framed: 47 x 37 cm | 18 1/2 x 14 5/8 in
    William Monk
    Atom Rising III, 2020
    Oil on canvas
    Unframed: 45 x 35 cm | 17 3/4 x 13 3/4 in
    Framed: 47 x 37 cm | 18 1/2 x 14 5/8 in
    Sold
  • William Monk Mount Atom - constant, 2020 Oil on canvas Unframed: 35 x 55 cm | 13 3/4 x 21 5/8 in Framed: 36.8 x 57 cm | 14 1/2 x 22 1/2 in
    William Monk
    Mount Atom - constant, 2020
    Oil on canvas
    Unframed: 35 x 55 cm | 13 3/4 x 21 5/8 in
    Framed: 36.8 x 57 cm | 14 1/2 x 22 1/2 in
    Sold
  • William Monk Atom Rising IV, 2020 Oil on canvas Unframed: 35 x 55 cm | 13 3/4 x 21 5/8 in Framed: 36.8 x 57 cm | 14 1/2 x 22 1/2 in
    William Monk
    Atom Rising IV, 2020
    Oil on canvas
    Unframed: 35 x 55 cm | 13 3/4 x 21 5/8 in
    Framed: 36.8 x 57 cm | 14 1/2 x 22 1/2 in
    Sold
  • William Monk Atom Flag, 2020 Oil on canvas mounted on panel Unframed: 22.9 x 35.6 cm | 9 x 14 in Framed: 24.5 x 37.3 cm | 9 5/8 x 14 3/4 in
    William Monk
    Atom Flag, 2020
    Oil on canvas mounted on panel
    Unframed: 22.9 x 35.6 cm | 9 x 14 in
    Framed: 24.5 x 37.3 cm | 9 5/8 x 14 3/4 in
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  • William Monk Mount Atom (something big), 2020 Oil on canvas Unframed: 22.9 x 30.5 cm | 9 x 12 in Framed: 24.5 x 32.2 cm | 9 5/8 x 12 5/8 in
    William Monk
    Mount Atom (something big), 2020
    Oil on canvas
    Unframed: 22.9 x 30.5 cm | 9 x 12 in
    Framed: 24.5 x 32.2 cm | 9 5/8 x 12 5/8 in
    Sold
  • William Monk Atom Rising V, 2020 Oil on canvas Unframed: 35 x 55 cm | 13 3/4 x 21 5/8 in Framed: 36.8 x 57 cm | 14 1/2 x 22 1/2 in
    William Monk
    Atom Rising V, 2020
    Oil on canvas
    Unframed: 35 x 55 cm | 13 3/4 x 21 5/8 in
    Framed: 36.8 x 57 cm | 14 1/2 x 22 1/2 in
    Sold
  • William Monk Atom Rising VI, 2020 Oil on canvas Unframed: 22.9 x 35.6 cm | 9 x 14 in Framed: 24.5 x 37.2 cm | 9 5/8 x 14 5/8 in
    William Monk
    Atom Rising VI, 2020
    Oil on canvas
    Unframed: 22.9 x 35.6 cm | 9 x 14 in
    Framed: 24.5 x 37.2 cm | 9 5/8 x 14 5/8 in
    Sold
  • William Monk Mount Atom, 2020 Oil on canvas 260 x 220 cm | 102 3/8 x 86 5/8 in
    William Monk
    Mount Atom, 2020
    Oil on canvas
    260 x 220 cm | 102 3/8 x 86 5/8 in
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  • William Monk Mount Atom - changing, 2020 Oil on canvas Unframed: 35 x 55 cm | 13 3/4 x 21 5/8 in Framed: 36.8 x 57 cm | 14 1/2 x 22 1/2 in
    William Monk
    Mount Atom - changing, 2020
    Oil on canvas
    Unframed: 35 x 55 cm | 13 3/4 x 21 5/8 in
    Framed: 36.8 x 57 cm | 14 1/2 x 22 1/2 in
    Sold
Installation Views
  • William Monk Installation High Res 01102020 13Sb
  • William Monk Installation High Res 01102020 8
  • William Monk Installation High Res 01102020 7
  • William Monk Installation High Res 01102020 2
  • William Monk Installation High Res 01102020 9
Publications
  • Mount Atom

    Mount Atom

    William Monk Published on the occasion of William Monk's solo exhibition Mount Atom at GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL)., 2020 Hard cover with linen 88 pages
    Publisher: GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL)
    ISBN: ISBN-978-90-813137-9-7
    Dimensions: 22 x 15 cm | 8 5/8 x 5 7/8 in
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Press release
William Monk, Mount Atom
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GRIMM is proud to announce Mount Atom, a solo exhibition of new paintings by William Monk (b. 1977 in Kingston upon Thames, UK). This is the artist's fifth solo exhibition with GRIMM and his fourth solo exhibition in Amsterdam.

Mount Atom is the imagined place name which describes Monk's new series of paintings; partly in the clouds, partly extending into the substrata of the earth, its exact coordinates are unknowable. Once one crosses the threshold and enters the unfamiliar realm of this dislocated world, a small mound of earth can easily be fooled for a mountain peeking through the clouds and the monumental and microscopic become the same. In fact, the harder you search for a landmark or familiar sign, the more its substance billows and shrinks away. It could be said that Mount Atom is more a state of mind than a locale.

This body of work was produced when the artist was confined within the interior space of his studio during the recent lock down, and this experience is translated to the scale and intimacy of the paintings. As profiles of the landscape, the paintings mirror some of the qualities of architectural space in the way that slices of sky and sun and land are organized and divided. Monk exercises an economy of means that lends itself to bold visual impressions, where nature's enduring forms are dressed down but full of inner brilliance. Present in equal measure are sinister and sublime forces, a combination that feeds the human imagination with a sense of anticipation toward the unkown.

Monk has contemplated these motifs for nearly ten years now and their appearances continue to morph with each series of paintings he makes. Drifting clouds are recognizable insofar as they are shapes summoned from an expanse of electric colour. Ringed patterns in the earth loop and squirm in playful primordial forms. The smoke of an eternal volcanic flame leads the way up and down the valleys and peaks of the land, as cosmic events flash in the high noon sky. His observations of this world reflect a place which is constantly changing; if there is a path through Mount Atom, it is surely not a straight line.

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Related content
  • Mount Atom Publications

    Mount Atom

    William Monk Dec 2, 2021
    Design: Simon Bultynck, Sebastiaan Brandsen Essay: Jay Merrick Editors: Clémence Monk, Jorien de Vries Printed: die Keure, Belgium
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