Obscrua (Yellow), 2025

Oil, Pastell, Wax on MDF Plate
2,00 x 5,00 m

The work exhibited here in Afgang demonstrates the effect of time through a painterly language: layering. Indeed, Jonas approaches the canvas like a filmmaker, constructing images that evolve through time - moments unfolding, dissolving, then transforming. Across the painting we see a constant negotiation between levity and heaviness, indicating the evolution of the subjects he seeks to depict. 

Drawing inspiration from cinema, fossils, and the history of fresco painting, this artwork contains images that emerge and recede. Jonas is particularly interested in how mass imagery, from historical archives to private photographs, shape our understanding of the world. Some areas of his paintings contain printed elements, while others remain fluid and gestural, creating a dialogue between mechanical reproduction and the hand’s fluidity.