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Jon Key: Suits Me

Steve Turner, Los Angeles

Fri 4 Nov 2022 to Fri 2 Dec 2022

6830 Santa Monica Boulevard, CA 90038 Jon Key: Suits Me

Tue-Sat 11am-6pm

Artist: Jon Key

Steve Turner presents Suits Me, a solo exhibition by Jon Key that features his first textile works and photographs alongside a selection of new paintings that focus on the artist’s distinctive sartorial splendor.


Artworks

The Nude Man Looks

Jon Key

The Nude Man Looks, 2022

Acrylic on panel

762 × 1016 mm

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The Nude Man Waits

Jon Key

The Nude Man Waits, 2022

Acrylic on panel

1219 × 1829 mm

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The Nude Man Thinks No. 1

Acrylic on panel

1219 × 1524 mm

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The Nude Man Thinks No. 2

Acrylic on panel

1219 × 1524 mm

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Suit NO 2

Jon Key

Suit NO 2, 2022

Jacquard woven wool and polyester

711 × 1003 × 330 mm

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Suit NO 3

Jon Key

Suit NO 3, 2022

Jacquard woven wool and polyester

584 × 1397 × 229 mm

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Violet Space No. 1

Jon Key

Violet Space No. 1, 2022

Jacquard woven wool and polyester

216 × 260 mm

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Violet Space No. 2

Jon Key

Violet Space No. 2, 2022

Jacquard woven wool and polyester

419 × 514 mm

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Violet Space No. 3

Jon Key

Violet Space No. 3, 2022

Jacquard woven wool and polyester

470 × 616 mm

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Violet Space No. 4

Jon Key

Violet Space No. 4, 2022

Jacquard woven wool and polyester

470 × 616 mm

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Installation Views

According to Key, the suit stands in as an armor of agency, self-expression and protection. The violet threads weave together family histories, secrets, and love.

A community is stitched into these suits. A layer of protection is embedded in these suits. So too are coded messages that mean something to those who understand the language. I first depicted a violet suit in a painting in 2016. By creating an actual violet patterned suit now, whether you find it garish or tacky, eccentric or Queer, I want you to notice it. It shines. It reflects. It absorbs. It deflects. You will see it.

I did not choose to wear this suit. I was born with it. I was born with dark violet skin. Strange. As I matured, my shirt sleeves and pant legs took form. As my heart grew large, violet veins stitched and weaved bespoke. A gift.

Jon Key (born 1990, Seale, Alabama) earned a BFA at Rhode Island School of Design (2013) before moving to Brooklyn where he began developing his studio and design practices. He has had solo and two-person exhibitions at Carl Freedman Gallery, Margate (2022); Steve Turner, Los Angeles (2019, 2020 & 2021); Rubber Factory, New York (2019) and The Armory Show, New York (2020). Suits Me is Key’s third solo exhibition at Steve Turner.

Courtesy of the artist and Steve Turner, Los Angeles

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