© Trustees of the David Jones Estate
Jones often combined drawing and brushwork, as in the graphic treatment of the sailing ship in the foreground. Here overlapping brushstrokes of differing blues suggest the rhythm and movement of the sea.
The two-screen film Evaders, bought for Towner with a grant from the Art Fund International programme in 2011, explores the mountainous path of the Lister Route, used by many to escape Nazi-occupied France. The film focuses on the ill-fated journey of Jewish writer and philosopher Walter Benjamin.
Watch the artist Ori Gersht explain the work in his studio.
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