A major exhibition of the work of Jonas Wood currently running in Los Angeles is showcasing the artist’s work in a couple of decidedly unusual genres; a room at David Kordansky Gallery is devoted to Wood’s sports card paintings, while another hosts his potted plant works. The latter are not your run-of-the-mill still lifes however. The large-scale paintings are referred to as landscape pots, in which Wood pairs a plant form culled from one of his previous paintings with a vessel containing a painted view. These take the form of cityscapes, park scenes and jungles, and reflect the artist’s montage-base approach, playing with time, place, scale and texture.

Wood’s ever-growing archive, composed of found and collected images as well as photographs shot by himself, is a rich resource which he increasingly draws on for ideas and directly for material to paint. His work is based around scenes from everyday life, whether it be domestic interiors, televised sports, or family snapshots, at times representational and at others leaning towards abstraction. In the studio, Wood’s preparatory and companion works on paper created in the process of completing his paintings serve as material revisited for future works, and the salon-style installation at the gallery is intended to present a version of this working practice. The show runs until 10 January 2015.

Jonas Wood
Bowe V. Valuev, 2014
gouache and colored pencil on paper
25 3/16 x 27 5/8 inches
(64 x 70.2 cm)
framed:
28 1/4 x 30 7/8 x 1 3/4 inches
(71.8 x 78.4 x 4.4 cm)
(Inv# JW 14.054)

Jonas Wood
Face Painting, 2014
oil and acrylic on linen
52 x 44 1/2 inches
(132.1 x 113 cm)
(Inv# JW 14.073)

Jonas Wood
Self Portrait with Momo, 2014
gouache and colored pencil on paper
20 1/4 x 20 inches
(51.4 x 50.8 cm)
framed:
23 3/8 x 23 1/8 x 1 3/4 inches
(59.7 x 59.1 x 4.4 cm)
(Inv# JW 14.047)

Jonas Wood
Studio Exterior, 2014
oil and acrylic on canvas
112 x 114 inches
(284.5 x 289.6 cm)
(Inv# JW 14.065)

Jonas Wood
Maritime Sunset Landscape Pot, 2014
ink, gouache, and colored pencil on paper
28 x 22 inches
(71.1 x 55.9 cm)
framed:
31 3/16 x 25 1/8 x 1 3/4 inches
(79.2 x 63.8 x 4.4 cm)
(Inv# JW 14.045)