Dear painter, paint for me one last time

Dear Painter, Paint For Me One Last Time is a series of 10 paintings on a variety of subjects: two men from behind walking down the street; a portrait of a dog; a man in front of a "souvenirs" sign; a signed portrait of a man in his office; a man sitting on a couch in front of a pile of trash; and a couple touching each other at home.

In this 2011 series, Jonathan Monk refers to German artist Martin Kippenberger's project Lieber Maler, Male Mir (1981). For his first museum show at the Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst in Berlin, Kippenberger asked a movie poster painter named Werner to make 12 paintings with often absurd motifs. Monk ordered ten copies of the series online and put them on display, questioning the canons of authenticity and the copy.

Monk's work was presented for the first time by the Pinault Collection during the 2014 "Art Lovers" show at the Grimaldi Forum Monaco.