Candy

New Paintings and Objects by 
Tim Biskup
On view until August 31st

Closing Weekend Hours: Sat 8/30 + Sun 8/31 12-5pm

At
Face Guts
4136 Verdugo Road
Los Angeles, CA 90065

In his latest exhibition Candy, Tim Biskup presents sweet objects while confronting the uneasy relationship between sincerity and market appeal.

“I wanted the paintings to feel like candy,” Biskup says, “but like candy, they’re also bad for you.” What appears colorful, sweet, and accessible is, on closer inspection, layered with vulnerability, melancholy, and a subversive emotional charge.

Candy reflects Biskup’s long-standing engagement with the contradictions of the art world—where being “taken seriously” often means conforming to systems of critical and commercial validation. Having been told early in his career that his work was “too goofy, too sentimental, too naïve,” Biskup now embraces those qualities, using them to challenge expectations and provoke deeper reflection.

At once seductive and unsettling, Candy invites viewers to question their instincts: about taste, about value, and about what art is supposed to be.