Jonathan Gardner Gives Life a “Still Life” in Paris

To mark Jonathan Gardner’s representation by the gallery, MASSIMODECARLO Pièce Unique in Paris is very pleased to host his first solo presentation, entitled Still Life. Featuring two new works on canvas, Still Life is an open window into Gardner’s practice. Anchored in daily life, Gardner’s paintings are composed never from photographs, but from memory. Shapes, figures and objects are brought together in clear compositions, where scale and perspective are delicately distorted to create a complex layering of volumes, patterns and subjects in carefully contrasting colours. Intentionally formal, Gardner embraces the complexity of oil painting as a craft.