Jonas Wood paints time, and that is timeless. Last week, as the art world spent a week in London for Freize and various openings, Jonas opened a solo show at Gagosian Gallery's 20 Grosvenor Hill space, with some of his most dense, most pattern-driven works. Jonas observes and paints, finds the subtle in-between moment, like a walk from room to room and just a glance over at living space, and paints that. He considers the glance, the shape of things, the way we leave things behind, the ways in which we build our lives around us to appear untouched. The gallery notes that Jonas paints "the collision of contrasting graphic passages," and that is the power of consideration and the understanding of how we construct life. The paintings, throughout his career, always shift your perspective, and these are some of his finest. —Evan Pricco
Jonas Wood and the Density of Time
Gagosian Gallery, 20 Grosvenor Hill, London // October 07, 2024 - November 23, 2024