Josh Faught

  • Josh Faught, You Know Your Foot's as Big as Your Arm From Your Elbow to Your Wrist?, 2022
    Josh Faught
    You Know Your Foot's as Big as Your Arm From Your Elbow to Your Wrist?, 2022
    Hand dyed basket reed; wood stain; back scratcher; Death in Purple Prose by Robert Barnard (hardcover); Ron's telephone number on a Blow Buddies business card on pedestal scaled to artist's height and painted in colours of the sunset
    192.5 x 32 x 32 cm
  • Josh Faught, Inappropriate Happiness, 2022
    Josh Faught
    Inappropriate Happiness, 2022
    Hand dyed basket reed; spray enamel; acrylic paint; hemp; Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves (VHS); Outrageous (VHS); VHS tapes purchased from a man who recorded hours of news footage about cults, natural disasters, and economic collapse; ceramic lap dog found in Palm Springs on pedestal painted in colours of the sunset
    133.5 x 57 x 34 cm
  • Josh Faught, Toxic Bachelors, 2022
    Josh Faught
    Toxic Bachelors, 2022
    Hand dyed basket reed; spray enamel; hand dyed silk organza; nail polish; hemp; Toxic Bachelors (hardcover) by Danielle Steel; Pride, Politics & Plague (paperback) by Steve Bolerjack; steel wool; unglazed ceramic mug found in Palm Springs; seasonal plaque found in Palm Springs on pedestal painted in colours of the sunset
    149 x 62 x 32 cm
  • Josh Faught, Bereaved on a Budget, 2022
    Josh Faught
    Bereaved on a Budget, 2022
    Hand dyed, bleached, and woven hemp; woven list of materials used in the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt on stretched linen
    185 x 54 x 12 cm
    72 7/8 x 21 1/4 x 4 3/4 in
  • Josh Faught, Souvenirs, 2022
    Josh Faught
    Souvenirs, 2022
    Basket reed; acrylic paint; spray enamel; hemp; Souvenirs (VHS); steel wool; microwavable heating pad; Surviving the Collapse of Society: Skills to Know and Careers to Pursue (softcover); canned tuna on pedestal painted in the colors of the sunset
    133.5 x 49 x 41.5 cm
    52 1/2 x 19 1/4 x 16 3/8 in
  • Josh Faught, Eventually Grief Comes to Miami Like Everyone Else, 2022
    Josh Faught
    Eventually Grief Comes to Miami Like Everyone Else, 2022
    Basket reed; acrylic paint; spray enamel; hemp; Frisky Summer (VHS); Hand in the Fire/Sex Bazaar (VHS); VHS tapes purchased from a man who recorded hours of news footage about cults, natural disasters, and economic collapse; four years of obituaries from the St. Louis Jewish Light, collected and donated by the artist’s mother on pedestal painted in the colors of the sunset
    149 x 57 x 41.5 cm
    58 5/8 x 22 1/2 x 16 3/8 in
  • Josh Faught, Melodrama, 2022
    Josh Faught
    Melodrama, 2022
    Hand dyed basket reed; wood stain; pin; plaque for grocery list with fortune found in Palm Springs; photographs found in an anonymous LGBT archive on pedestal scaled to artist’s height and painted in the colors of the sunset
    192.5 x 32 x 32 cm
    75 3/4 x 12 5/8 x 12 5/8 in
  • Josh Faught, A Life Well Lived is the Best Revenge, 2022
    Josh Faught
    A Life Well Lived is the Best Revenge, 2022
    Hand bleached, hand dyed, hand woven hemp and cotton on stretched linen
    257 x 105 x 9 cm
    101 1/8 x 41 3/8 x 3 1/2 in
  • Josh Faught, Constant Comment, 2022
    Josh Faught
    Constant Comment, 2022
    Hand dyed, bleached, and crocheted hemp; spray enamel; sequin trim; pins; 5 DVDs purchased from a man who re-edited Days of Our Lives into a supercut tracing the narrative arc of Will and Sonny: a gay super couple; Ash; and video monitor on stretched linen.
    185 x 123.5 x 16 cm
    72 7/8 x 48 5/8 x 6 1/4 in
  • Josh Faught, Keep the Home Fries Burning, 2022
    Josh Faught
    Keep the Home Fries Burning, 2022
    Hand dyed, bleached, and crocheted hemp; spray enamel; sequin trim; pin; onion rings (rubber); 5 DVDs purchased from a man who re-edited Days of Our Lives into a supercut tracing the narrative arc of Will and Sonny: a gay super couple; Ash; and video monitor on stretched linen.
    168 x 155 x 16 cm
    66 1/8 x 61 x 6 1/4 in
  • Josh Faught, Use Your Delusions, 2022
    Josh Faught
    Use Your Delusions, 2022
    Hand dyed, bleached, woven and crocheted hemp; sequin trim; nail polish; woven list of materials used in the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt; 5 DVDs purchased from a man who re-edited Days of Our Lives into a supercut tracing the narrative arc of Will and Sonny: a gay super couple; Ash; and video monitor on stretched linen.
    185 x 159 x 16 cm
    72 7/8 x 62 5/8 x 6 1/4 in
  • Josh Faught, Eternal Flame, 2022
    Josh Faught
    Eternal Flame, 2022
    Hand dyed, bleached, and woven hemp and cotton; abstraction woven from a late-1980s AIDS vigil in San Francisco, California; screen printed sympathy flowers on cotton; Trials of Life (VHS) on stretched linen; the entire 264 episodes of Murder She Wrote on DVD; spray enamel; nail polish; salvaged wood, metal, and asphalt paper reconstructed to resemble the artist’s garage; digital video monitors
    967 x 369.3 x 31 cm
    380 3/4 x 145 3/8 x 12 1/4 in
  • Josh Faught, Knowing the Difference Between Meissen and Mikasa, 2019
    Josh Faught
    Knowing the Difference Between Meissen and Mikasa, 2019
    Hand dyed, hand woven cotton; gold lamé; denim; brooch; badge in bag made of synthetic fibers; Sharpie marker and nail polish on steel armature
    189 x 124 x 62 cm
    74 3/8 x 48 7/8 x 24 3/8 in
  • Josh Faught, Organized Living, 2019
    Josh Faught
    Organized Living, 2019
    Hand dyed, hand crocheted hemp; sequin trim; badge; spray paint; paper; nail polish; 5 DVDs purchased from a man who re-edited Days of Our Lives into a supercut tracing the narrative arc of Will and Sonny: a gay super couple; Ash; video monitor; and textile paint on linen
    180 x 127 x 21 cm
    70 7/8 x 50 x 8 1/4 in
  • Josh Faught, The Risks of Overexposure, 2019
    Josh Faught
    The Risks of Overexposure, 2019
    Hand dyed, hand woven hemp, cotton, and gold lamé; abstraction appropriated from a crowd photographed at Bette Midler’s Divine Miss M tour, How to Hide Anything (paperback) on stretched linen
    261 x 183 x 6 cm
    102 3/4 x 72 x 2 3/8 in
  • Josh Faught, Will to Live, 2019
    Josh Faught
    Will to Live, 2019
    Hand dyed, hand crocheted hemp; sequin trim; badge; spray paint; paper; nail polish; 5 DVDs purchased from a man who re-edited Days of Our Lives into a supercut tracing the narrative arc of Will and Sonny: a gay super couple; Ash; video monitor; and textile paint on linen
    122 x 96.5 x 21 cm
    48 x 38 x 8 1/4 in
  • Josh Faught, Obnoxious Personality Disorder, 2019
    Josh Faught
    Obnoxious Personality Disorder, 2019
    Hand woven paper; gold spray enamel; nail polish; reproductions of the Hobby Directory (1950); steel wool; hard candy; unpaid parking ticket; VHS tapes purchased from a man who recorded hours of news footage from the Heaven’s Gate suicide cult; Secrets by Danielle Steel (hardcover); Stocking Up(hardcover) on pedestal.
    116 x 33 x 33 cm
    45 5/8 x 13 x 13 in
  • Josh Faught, Garland, 2019
    Josh Faught
    Garland, 2019
    Hand dyed, hand crocheted hemp; hand dyed, hand woven cotton; gold lamé; garland collage on hand made paper pulped from correspondences with the California Tax Board; sequin trim; badge; spray paint; paper; nail polish, 5 DVDs purchased from a man who re-edited Days of Our Lives into a supercut tracing the narrative arc of Will and Sonny: a gay super couple; Ash; video monitor; and textile paint on linen
    123.5 x 98 x 21 cm
    48 5/8 x 38 5/8 x 8 1/4 in
  • Josh Faught, The Poodle, 2019
    Josh Faught
    The Poodle, 2019
    Hand dyed, hand woven basket reed; duct tape; resin; lint roller; gold powder; Deathtrap (VHS); VHS tapes purchased from a man who recorded hours of news footage from Princess Diana’s funeral; hourglass; ceramic clock on pedestal.
    124.5 x 71 x 46 cm
    49 x 28 x 18 1/8 in
  • Josh Faught, Touchstone, 2018
    Josh Faught
    Touchstone, 2018
    Hand dyed, hand bleached, hand crocheted hemp, spray paint, textile paint, badges, the entire collection of Touchstone Pictures from the 1980s (VHS) and glittered high heel vase with gifts on stretched linen and Ash
    122 x 98.5 x 13 cm
    48 x 38 3/4 x 5 1/8 in
  • Josh Faught, Sachet, 2018
    Josh Faught
    Sachet, 2018
    Hand dyed crocheted hemp, hand dyed hand woven cotton and gold lamé, spray paint, rayon/lycra blend, sequins, handmade paper from pulped tax board representative correspondences with pot pourri collage and pin on wood
    128.5 x 95 x 10.5 cm
    50 5/8 x 37 3/8 x 4 1/8 in
  • Josh Faught, Off-Nite, 2018
    Josh Faught
    Off-Nite, 2018
    Hand dyed, hand woven hemp, cotton and gold lamé, Indigo, socks that have lost their pair, a reproduction of "The Hobby Directory", a collage made on paper pulped from correspondences with the California Tax Board, spilled paint can (resin), denim, and back issue of After Dark on powder coated steel
    185.5 x 139 x 62 cm
    73 x 54 3/4 x 24 3/8 in
  • Josh Faught, Party Favors, 2017
    Josh Faught
    Party Favors, 2017
    Hand-dyed, hand-woven, and crocheted hemp, calendar from a gay community group, rhinestone encrusted florist brooch, pin, spray paint, and chip clip on stretched linen
    185 x 128.5 x 13 cm
    72 7/8 x 50 5/8 x 5 1/8 in
  • Josh Faught, Between a Rock and a Hard Place, 2017
    Josh Faught
    Between a Rock and a Hard Place, 2017
    Hand-dyed, hand-woven hemp, Jacquard woven cotton, and carnival flair on linen
    179.5 x 277 x 5.5 cm
    70 5/8 x 109 x 2 1/8 in
  • Josh Faught, Subscriptions, 2017
    Josh Faught
    Subscriptions, 2017
    Hand-dyed, hand-woven gold lamé and hemp, wood burned sign, and pin on linen
    198 x 139 x 5.5 cm
    78 x 54 3/4 x 2 1/8 in
  • Josh Faught, Misplaced Modifier, 2017
    Josh Faught
    Misplaced Modifier, 2017
    Hand-bleached, hand-dyed, hand-woven hemp, cotton, and linen, jacquard-woven blanket fabricated from
    check-out aisle magazine, nail polish, and metal
    185 x 308 x 31 cm
    72 7/8 x 121 1/4 x 12 1/4 in
  • Josh Faught, If You Were in my Body we Would be Home by Now, 2015
    Josh Faught
    If You Were in my Body we Would be Home by Now, 2015
    Hand woven gold lamé, hemp, and cotton, hand-dyed in fashionable shades of Red, Blue, Daffodil, Weld, and Watermelon; glittered clothespin, and laminated sign advertising a truck christening; on linen
    128.5 x 103 x 7.7 cm
    50 5/8 x 40 1/2 x 3 in
  • Josh Faught, Attachments, 2015
    Josh Faught
    Attachments, 2015
    Hand-woven, hand-bleached, hand-dyed hemp in fashionable shades of Black and Cardinal Red, giant clothespin, trick towel, greeting card, pins, iron-on scrapbooking letters, laminated advertisement for a chiropractor, and sunglasses from a cruisy area on Venice Beach on stretched linen
    194 x 287.5 x 10.5 cm
    76 3/8 x 113 1/4 x 4 1/8 in
  • Josh Faught, Combining lemon extract and rose water in one cookie is like putting two divas on stage at the same time, 2014
    Josh Faught
    Combining lemon extract and rose water in one cookie is like putting two divas on stage at the same time, 2014
    Hand-woven silver lamé, red nail polish, and badge on hand-dyed linen
    108 x 92.5 cm
    42 1/2 x 36 3/8 in
  • Josh Faught, Emotional Friend, 2014
    Josh Faught
    Emotional Friend, 2014
    Hand-woven cotton and hemp, hand-dyed in shades from Raspberry to Sahara to match the 2013-2014 color forecast, spilled coffee (resin), chocolate chip cookies (plastic), Cathy mug, greeting cards from family, and badge on wood
    139 x 105.5 cm
    54 3/4 x 41 1/2 in
  • Josh Faught, Greg, 2014
    Josh Faught
    Greg, 2014
    Hand woven and crocheted hemp (hand dyed in colors to match the 2013/2014 color forecast, Indigo, gold spray paint, sequin trim, silk, wool, giant clothes pin, spill (resin) with Cathy mug, chocolate chip cookies (plastic), and tin of butter cookies (plastic and metal) on Cedar support
    195 x 190 x 31 cm
    76 3/4 x 74 3/4 x 12 1/4 in
  • Josh Faught, Andrew, 2014
    Josh Faught
    Andrew, 2014
    Hand woven hemp (hand dyed in shades of Raspberry and Paris Green to match the 2013/2014 fashion forecast), sequin trim, and vibrating Halloween prop on Cedar support
    185 x 46.5 x 31 cm
    72 7/8 x 18 1/4 x 12 1/4 in
  • Josh Faught, Bookends (rasberry rut), 2014
    Josh Faught
    Bookends (rasberry rut), 2014
    Hand-woven hemp, hand-dyed from Raspberry to Sahara to match the 2013/2014 color forecast, Jacquard woven afghan, badges, hand-painted bouquet of flowers on masonite, linen, and wood
    200 x 482.5 x 92.5 cm
    78 3/4 x 190 x 36 3/8 in