2017.45.2 Untitled (Big Yellow One)

Jonas Wood paints images from his daily life through a multilayered approach. One of his methods is to collage photographs into compositions that challenge the viewer's sense of space and scale. The artist's process of translating the image across different media records not only the original subject matter but also the distorting and abstracting nature of time. The finished paintings depict images that are personal and yet universal, generating a sense of collective nostalgia for a reconstructed moment in time. 

In Untitled (Big Yellow One), Wood takes this process of abstraction further. Potted plants, a prominent feature in his still lifes and interior scenes, are reduced to monochromatic geometric shapes. The resulting forms bring to mind the sculptures of Alexander Calder and the cutout collages of Henri Matisse. 

Wood_Jonas: ULAN: 500371800

abstraction: AAT: 300056508

collage (technique): AAT: 300138699

distortion (visual and representational concepts): AAT: 300056332

nostalgia: AAT: 300417322

painting (visual works): AAT: 300033618

scale (relative size): AAT: 300056307

space (composition concept): AAT: 300068896

time: AAT: 300133089

2010: Anton Kern Gallery, New York [1] 

From 2010: Amy and Vernon Faulconer (1939-2015), Tyler, Texas, purchased from above

2017: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Amy and Vernon Faulconer 

The main source for this provenance is previously entered information in TMS. Supporting documentation is noted. 

[1] See note in TMS text entries by Carol Griffin, referencing an email from Gavin Delahunty, former curator at the Dallas Museum of Art, dated March 27, 2017. 

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