Cirrus Editions is pleased to announce the release of Jonas Wood's "A selection of 81 Aechmea bromeliads", the workshop's third co-publication with WKS Editions.
The edition is a 26-color, 42 3/8 inch by 30 3/4 inch lithograph that takes as its initial source an Aechmea bromeliad calendar - a tropical plant that often makes a recurring appearance in his work, among other plants and objects sourced from his everyday life.
Not too dissimilar to John Baldessari's "Raw Prints", which are a direct reference to the fundamentals of art, including color, composition and form, "A selection of 81 Aechmea bromeliads" also pays homage to the process of image making, and specifically that of Wood's.
The large-scale print, which is almost completely enveloped by 81 beautifully drawn bromeliads, takes us on an encyclopedic tour of the artist's potential source material. An Aechmea brueggeri, for example, might be seen in a future painting, while an Aechmea recurvata might be spotted in a print. As we navigate these sources, we also become witness to the breadth of Wood's drawings, which, with the Aechmae bromeliad as their subject, provide us with a small survey of his inimitable mark-making and distinct application of color.
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