Jonas Wood: New Memories

Jonas Wood: New Memories accompanies the first institutional survey of the Los Angeles–based artist in Asia, organized by the Amorepacific Museum of Art. Bringing together paintings, drawings, and prints spanning more than twenty-five years, the publication examines Wood’s sustained inquiry into how images are constructed, mediated, and remembered. Drawing on photographs, personal archives, and found material, his compositions reconfigure domestic space, landscape, portraiture, and still life through strategies of flattening, repetition, and chromatic orchestration. Scholarly essay and a conversation with the artist position Wood’s work within broader debates surrounding contemporary painting, mediation, and the operations of visual memory.
Jonas Wood: New Memories accompanies the first institutional survey of the Los Angeles–based artist in Asia, organized by the Amorepacific Museum of Art. Bringing together paintings, drawings, and prints spanning more than twenty-five years, the publication examines Wood’s sustained inquiry into how images are constructed, mediated, and remembered. Drawing on photographs, personal archives, and found material, his compositions reconfigure domestic space, landscape, portraiture, and still life through strategies of flattening, repetition, and chromatic orchestration. Scholarly essay and a conversation with the artist position Wood’s work within broader debates surrounding contemporary painting, mediation, and the operations of visual memory. Jonas Wood(b. 1977) is a contemporary painter known for vividly colored works that transform scenes of everyday life into complex, highly structured compositions. Characterized by flattened space, bold pattern, and a collage-like approach to image construction, his practice explores the interplay between memory, observation, and the evolving language of painting.