THE BILLBOARDS ARE ALL WE ARE LEFT WITH POETRY THIS MORNING AND THE SIGNS ON THE WALLS SHRIEK LIKE PARROTS

‘THE BILLBOARDS ARE ALL WE ARE LEFT WITH POETRY THIS MORNING AND THE SIGNS ON THE WALLS SHRIEK LIKE PARROTS’ is the long-awaited monograph of the art of Robert Montgomery. It documents his work chronologically from the early guerrilla billboard poems in East London from 2004 up to his most recent large scale light installations. Including his paintings, watercolours, and fire poems it is a full document of his works across the world over the last two decades.

The title of the book is a loose translation from Guillaime Appolinaire’s poem ‘Zone’ from 1913:

“Tu lis les prospectus les catalogues les affiches qui chantent tout haut

Voilà la poésie ce matin et pour la prose il y a les journaux...

Les inscriptions des enseignes et des murailles

Les plaques les avis à la façon des perroquets criaillent”