Marina Iglesias: Fasti | Joaquín Boz: Amalgama | Tang Shuo: My Garden | Tyrrell Tapaha: High Rez
6830 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90038
Saturday, November 23 at 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Ends Dec 21, 2024
Steve Turner is pleased to present Fasti, a solo exhibition featuring new paintings by Valencia-based Marina Iglesias that are inspired by the first century poem of the same title by Ovid which relates to the Roman calendar and holidays. Iglesias’ four paintings represent Ovid’s four focus on the months of January, February, April and June and they are stylistically inspired by Ovid’s words as well as medieval and Renaissance painting and tapestries, tarot cards and ancient scientific illustrations. Iglesias composed verdant landscapes as the setting for Ovid’s and her fantastical scenes.
Marina Iglesias (born in 1991, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain) earned a BA in Fine Arts and an MA in Artistic Production at the Universitat Politècnica de València. She has had solo exhibitions at Eligere, Seoul (2023); Steve Turner, Los Angeles (2022) and Tuesday to Friday Gallery, Valencia (2021).
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Steve Turner is pleased to present Amalgama, a solo exhibition by Joaquín Boz featuring new paintings which incorporate dynamic juxtapositions of scale, color, material and processes to create eye-dazzling compositions. The paintings range in size, from just 12 x 16 inches all the way to 10 x 15 feet. The juxtaposition of a small painting next to a large one, of one that is densely painted near to one that is sparsely painted, is part of Boz’s vision of creating harmony out of chaos. He carefully combined improvisation and thoughtful editing as he simultaneously worked on all of the paintings over several months. Larger patches of color were reduced in size as new colors were added while some areas were entirely overpainted. One passage might be glossy while another is flat. Some have lines of texture formed by the edge of a knife while others have irregular scratch marks. The overall amalgam is akin to confetti entirely filling the sky.
Joaquín Boz (born 1987) studied at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires under the direction of Jorge Macchi and has had solo exhibitions with Perrotin, Seoul (2023); Barro, Buenos Aires (2018 and 2022); Barro, New York (2024) and Steve Turner, Los Angeles (2015, 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2022). Boz lives and works in Buenos Aires.
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Steve Turner is pleased to present My Garden, a solo exhibition by London-based Tang Shuo featuring new paintings that are inspired by the remote and primitive Chinese village where Shuo spent his youth. According to the artist, Before I left, my entire world was this small village. My core values and worldview were shaped there. As I look back, I see it as the garden of my childhood, the place where I grew up, witnessing joy and sadness as well as good and evil. With my paintings I retrace the footsteps of ancestors who endured decades of turmoil in China. I aim to convey their struggle and their strength.
Tang Shuo (b. 1987, Guilin, China) graduated from Guangxi Arts University with a bachelor’s degree in Mural Painting and later studied Experimental Art at Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing. He has had solo exhibitions at Konig Gallery, Berlin; Beers, London (2024); Fabienne Levy Gallery, Geneva (2023); Ojiri Gallery, London (2023). This is his first exhibition with Steve Turner.
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Steve Turner is pleased to present High Rez, a solo exhibition by Tyrrell Tapaha featuring new weavings that focus on the fluidity and adaptability of Diné (Navajo) weaving for the artist’s remix of Diné culture and history with their own experiences. Using hand-processed materials and traditional iconography, Tapaha adds new symbols and ideas to those that precede them.
Tyrrell Tapaha (Diné, born 2001, Goat Springs, Arizona) is a multi-disciplinary artist whose practice is centered around weaving, textiles, and fiber arts. They grew up on the Navajo Nation, where intergenerational pastoral living was passed down by their grandfather, great-grandmother, and other relatives. Working as a sheepherder, Tapaha’s process begins with the raising of sheep and ends with a weaving made on a loom. Their textiles are made with raw natural animal and plant fibers, hand-spun and hand-dyed with pigments made from local flora. Their compositions interweave their feelings, memories and experiences with the rich history and imagined future of their community.
Tapaha earned a BA at Northern Arizona University and has had solo exhibitions at The Valley, Taos (2024) and Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, Arizona (2022). Their work has also been included in group exhibitions at Kasmin Gallery, New York (2024); New Image, West Hollywood (2024); James Fuentes, New York (2023); Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe (2023); Bard Graduate Center, New York (2023); Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild, California (2022) and Museum of Contemporary Arts, Flagstaff, Arizona (2021). Tapaha continues to live and work in the Four Corners Region of New Mexico and this is their debut solo exhibition with Steve Turner, Los Angeles.