Sweet and Sour (2018) belongs to Tero Puha\u2019s Candy Boy Box series, a body of work exploring the relationship between the male figure, desire, and the visual language of pop aesthetics.<\/p>\n
In this photograph the body is presented within an intentionally artificial and decorative setting. Bright colours, candy-like textures, and stylised staging create a tension between surface pleasure and vulnerability. The image moves between attraction and distance \u2014 sweetness and control \u2014 inviting the viewer to reflect on how the body is constructed, displayed, and looked at.<\/p>\n
The Candy Boy Box series forms an important transition in Puha\u2019s practice toward later works investigating the staged body and performative masculinity.<\/p>\n
Artwork details<\/p>\n
Original photographic pigment print<\/p>\n
Printed by the artist using archival quality inks<\/p>\n
Paper: Hahnem\u00fchle Photo Rag Satin 300 g<\/p>\n
Image size: 90 \u00d7 60 cm<\/p>\n
Paper size: 100 \u00d7 70 cm (including white borders)<\/p>\n
Edition: 8 + 1 AP<\/p>\n
Signed and numbered by hand on the reverse<\/p>\n
Includes certificate of authenticity<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sweet and Sour (2018) is part of Tero Puha\u2019s Candy Boy Box series, where the male body appears staged within a playful pop-visual environment balancing desire, surface, and artificial sweetness.<\/p>\n
Edition of 8 + 1 AP. Archival pigment print on Hahnem\u00fchle Photo Rag Satin.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":2118,"template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[49,28,29],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1753","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-candy-boy-box","product_cat-original-art","product_cat-photographic-art","product_shipping_class-original-art","desktop-align-center","tablet-align-left","mobile-align-center","ast-product-gallery-layout-horizontal-slider","ast-product-gallery-with-no-image","ast-magnify-disabled","ast-product-tabs-layout-distributed","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n