Joshua Saunders

Rock Candy

June 3 – July 9, 2016
Opening Reception: June 3, 7–9

 

Joshua Saunders, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, UCSD MFA, enamel, finish fetish, behind the green door, rock climbing holds, rock candy
Joshua Saunders, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, UCSD MFA, enamel, finish fetish, behind the green door, rock climbing holds, rock candy
Joshua Saunders, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, UCSD MFA, enamel, finish fetish, behind the green door, rock climbing holds, rock candy
Joshua Saunders, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, UCSD MFA, enamel, finish fetish, behind the green door, rock climbing holds, rock candy
Joshua Saunders, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, UCSD MFA, enamel, finish fetish, behind the green door, rock climbing holds, rock candy
Joshua Saunders, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, UCSD MFA, enamel, finish fetish, behind the green door, rock climbing holds, rock candy
Joshua Saunders, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, UCSD MFA, enamel, finish fetish, behind the green door, rock climbing holds, rock candy
Joshua Saunders, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, UCSD MFA, enamel, finish fetish, behind the green door, rock climbing holds, rock candy
Joshua Saunders, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, UCSD MFA, enamel, finish fetish, behind the green door, rock climbing holds, rock candy
Joshua Saunders, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, UCSD MFA, enamel, finish fetish, behind the green door, rock climbing holds, rock candy
Joshua Saunders, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, UCSD MFA, enamel, finish fetish, behind the green door, rock climbing holds, rock candy

Rock Candy, Installation view, Steve Turner, June 2016

Rock Candy, Installation view, Steve Turner, June 2016

Rock Candy, Installation view, Steve Turner, June 2016

Rock Candy, Installation view, Steve Turner, June 2016

Hot_Mess, 2016. Enamel, polyurethane and steel bolts on panel, 67 x 47 inches

Red_Stripes, 2016. Enamel on panel and steel disks, polyurethane, eyebolts, quicklinks and nylon rope, 60 x 40 inches

Red_Stripes, 2016. Enamel on panel and steel disks, polyurethane, eyebolts, quicklinks and nylon rope, 60 x 40 inches

Blue_Stripes, 2016. Enamel on panel and steel disks, polyurethane, eyebolts, quicklinks and nylon rope, 60 x 40 inches

Blue_Stripes, 2016. Enamel on panel and steel disks, polyurethane, eyebolts, quicklinks and nylon rope, 60 x 40 inches (detail)

Orange_Stripes, 2016. Enamel on panel and steel disks, polyurethane, eyebolts, quicklinks and nylon rope, 60 x 40 inches

Orange_Stripes, 2016. Enamel on panel and steel disks, polyurethane, eyebolts, quicklinks and nylon rope, 60 x 40 inches (detail)

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Steve Turner is pleased to present Rock Candy, a solo exhibition of new works by Joshua Saunders consisting of brightly colored enamel paintings on panel which have rock-climbing grips, chains and ropes attached to their surfaces. The artist aims to produce a tension between the elements, with the pristine, smooth and reflective candy-colored panels conveying “do not touch” while the attachments convey the opposite: “climb me.”

Joshua Saunders (born 1981, Salina, Kansas) spent his youth in Steamboat Springs, Colorado before earning a BFA at the University of Texas, Austin (2013.) He currently is an MFA candidate at the University of California, San Diego (2017) and has had solo exhibitions at CoLab, Austin (2009 & 2014). This is his first exhibition at Steve Turner.