Jonas Wood Jane DeBevoise Highlights include Ruscha’s inimitable word

Highlights include Ruscha’s inimitable word and phrase works

People live with it and their dog sleeps on it

here she employs her distinctive ironic wit to evoke the idiosyncrasies and contradictions of her subject’s character and status

depicted in the arc of a single blazing day in Egypt from sunrise to journey’s end

and otto (figure eight)—each made in a variety of transparent hues that contrast with opaque black bands in unique linear patterns

Jonas Wood Jane DeBevoise Highlights include Ruscha’s inimitable wordPart of Phaidons Contemporary Artists series, this bookthe first monograph on the work of Jonas Woodoffers a comprehensive look at the Los Angelesbased artists output from 2006 through 2019. With subjects that range from landscapes and domestic interiors to sports, houseplants, animals, and family members, Wood has developed a representational style that emphasizes an idiosyncratic approach to pictorial space, pattern, and color. In addition to over