Untitled
1996
graphite
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1996
graphite
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
This artwork features a man with short, gray hair and round, black sunglasses. He is wearing a black shirt and holding a large camera up to his face, with the lens facing the viewer. The camera's lens has a circular cutout that reveals a black-and-white portrait of a man's face. The man is depicted in a cut-out style, with his body and head cut from a separate piece of paper and pasted onto the background. The background is a plain white color, with a small handwritten note in the top-right corner that reads "if only" in pencil. The overall effect of the piece is one of playfulness and experimentation, with the use of cut-out shapes and handwritten text adding a sense of informality and spontaneity. You might also want to check out more works by Jonathan Monk.