Josh Faught

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

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

Hand dyed, bleached, and woven hemp; woven list of materials used in the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt on stretched linen

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

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

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

Hand bleached, hand dyed, hand woven hemp and cotton on stretched linen

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.

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.

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.

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

Hand dyed, hand woven cotton; gold lamé; denim; brooch; badge in bag made of synthetic fibers; Sharpie marker and nail polish on steel armature

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Hand-dyed, hand-woven hemp, Jacquard woven cotton, and carnival flair on linen

Hand-dyed, hand-woven gold lamé and hemp, wood burned sign, and pin on linen

Hand-bleached, hand-dyed, hand-woven hemp, cotton, and linen, jacquard-woven blanket fabricated from
check-out aisle magazine, nail polish, and metal

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

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

Hand-woven silver lamé, red nail polish, and badge on hand-dyed linen

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

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

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

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