Jonas Wood @ Gagosian

A walk-through of the Jonas Wood show at Gagosian (Hong Kong). This is Wood’s first solo exhibition in Hong Kong.

The concept for the exhibition stemmed from the artist’s mid-career survey at the Dallas Museum of Art in 2019 when he reencountered Polka Dot Orchid (2015), a painting he had made of a single plant against a black background. The work was hung alongside other paintings of isolated plants in a room wallpapered with repeating tennis balls. Following that exhibition, and over the course of the lockdown period of 2020, Wood continued to consider the idea of making works on black grounds. The new paintings continue Wood’s exploration into motifs of fruits, flowers, and houseplants.

Date: 23 Nov. 2021 to 12 Feb. 2022
Gagosian Gallery (Hong Kong)