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Jonas Wood

Past exhibition
July 12 - August 10, 2007
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Overview
Jonas Wood Daisuke Matsuzaka, 2007 Oil on linen 28 x 23 inches
Jonas Wood
Daisuke Matsuzaka, 2007
Oil on linen
28 x 23 inches

June 28, 2007—For his first solo exhibition in New York, the young Los Angeles-based artist Jonas Wood has put together a group of paintings and watercolor drawings that complement each other thematically and formally. The subjects are nearly classical, flower still-lifes, interiors, portraits, figures, with a slight twist (both thematically and compositionally) e.g. by including images of star athletes.

 

The artist works from life, from photo collages, and sometimes, as in the case of the basketball players, from media sources. Preparatory sketches and collages build the basis for the drawingsʼ and paintingsʼ compositions and spatial lay-outs. At this point in the process, Wood invents the perspectival tilt and distorted viewpoint that so clearly define his works.

 

The blocky flatness of the paintings, their tilted perspective, the compositional autonomy of color, line and shape point at Woodʼs interest in concepts of time and the legibility of nature. What these works bring to mind historically, such as the intense otherness of early American itinerant portrait paintings, or the flat intricacies of Stuart Davisʼ American-Cubist paintings, or the spatial and colorist play of David Hockney, and even the psychological acumen and emotional intensity of Alice Neel, they supercede in a present-day-ness and contemporary thrill and pleasure.

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List of Works
Installation Views
  • Installation view of Jonas Wood's first solo show in New York, featuring a group of paintings and some watercolor drawings.
  • Installation view of Jonas Wood's first solo show in New York, featuring a group of paintings and some watercolor drawings. Some works featured.
  • Installation view of Jonas Wood's first solo show in New York, featuring a group of paintings and some watercolor drawings. Four works featured.
  • Installation view of Jonas Wood's first solo show in New York, featuring a group of paintings and some watercolor drawings. Some large paintings featured.
  • Installation view of Jonas Wood's first solo show in New York, featuring a group of paintings and some watercolor drawings. View in the back gallery of some works.
  • Installation view of Jonas Wood's first solo show in New York, featuring a group of paintings and some watercolor drawings. Another view of the back gallery.
Works
  • Jonas Wood Jerm, 2007
    Jonas Wood
    Jerm, 2007
  • Jonas Wood Daisuke Matsuzaka, 2007
    Jonas Wood
    Daisuke Matsuzaka, 2007
  • Jonas Wood The Still Life, 2007
    Jonas Wood
    The Still Life, 2007
  • Jonas Wood Fish Tank, 2007
    Jonas Wood
    Fish Tank, 2007
  • Jonas Wood Untitled (fridge plant), 2007
    Jonas Wood
    Untitled (fridge plant), 2007
  • Jonas Wood Bullets, 2007
    Jonas Wood
    Bullets, 2007
  • Jonas Wood Ewing's Card, 2007
    Jonas Wood
    Ewing's Card, 2007
  • Jonas Wood Don't Touch My Shadow, 2007
    Jonas Wood
    Don't Touch My Shadow, 2007
  • Jonas Wood Untitled (gerber daisies), 2007
    Jonas Wood
    Untitled (gerber daisies), 2007
  • Jonas Wood Untitled (shio's cups), 2007
    Jonas Wood
    Untitled (shio's cups), 2007
  • Jonas Wood Untitled (new pot), 2007
    Jonas Wood
    Untitled (new pot), 2007
  • Jonas Wood Untitled (double self portrait), 2007
    Jonas Wood
    Untitled (double self portrait), 2007
  • Jonas Wood Scholl Canyon, 2007
    Jonas Wood
    Scholl Canyon, 2007
  • Jonas Wood Guest Room, 2007
    Jonas Wood
    Guest Room, 2007
  • Jonas Wood 0607 Season, 2007
    Jonas Wood
    0607 Season, 2007
  • Jonas Wood Black Plant, 2007
    Jonas Wood
    Black Plant, 2007
  • Jonas Wood Horns, 2007
    Jonas Wood
    Horns, 2007
Press
  • Jonas Wood

    Christopher Chambers, Flash Art, October 1, 2007
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  • Galleries — Chelsea: Jonas Wood

    The New Yorker, August 13, 2007
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  • An LA Thing: Jonas Wood's SoCal Still Lives

    Matthew Schneier, tomorrow, July 24, 2007
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  • Review: Jonas Wood

    Artnews, June 28, 2007
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