Jonas Wood: Still Lifes

Jonas Wood’s playful and inviting still lifes feature everyday objects in warped, overlapped, and technicolor states—with an aesthetic reminiscent of ’90s graphic design and the angled interiors of Henri Matisse’s paintings of bedrooms. Whether on canvas or silkscreen, Wood’s whimsical compositions often showcase intricately patterned ceramic vessels (made by his wife, ceramicist Shio Kusaka), vivid green plants, shelves, and sports equipment. In December 2016, Wood wrapped MOCA Los Angeles in a rendering of Still Life with Two Owls—a 5,400 square-foot mural that showcases his architectural still lifes at a grandiose scale.