Josh Faught (b.1979, St. Louis, Missouri) lives and works in San Francisco, California. Faught is currently Assistant Professor at the California College of Arts in Oakland and San Francisco. Recent exhibitions include Touchstone, Koppe Astner Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland, OBJECTS Redux: How 50 Years Made Craft Contemporary. Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX, 2019, The Future of Craft Part I, Museum of Craft and Design, New York, NY, The Future of Craft Part II, Museum of Craft and Design, New York, NY, Bay Area Now 8, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, Josh Faught and Kris Lemsalu, Sadie Coles HQ/Koppe Astner Gallery, London 2018, Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon, New Museum, New York, NY, Iconoclasts, Saatchi Gallery, London 2017.
Both Things Are True, 2019. Installation view. Koppe Astner, Glasgow. Image: Courtesy of the Artist and Koppe Astner, Glasgow. Photography by Patrick Jameson
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.103 x 72 x 2 ins. Image: Courtesy the Artist and Koppe Astner, Glasgow. Photography by Patrick Jameson.
A Positive Light, 2019. Hand dyed, hand woven hemp and cotton; abstraction woven from a late 1980s AIDS vigil; textile paint and spray enamel on stretched linen. 92 x 64.5 x 2ins. Image: Courtesy the Artist and Koppe Astner, Glasgow. Photography by Patrick Jameson.
The Poodle, 2019. Hand dyed, hand woven basket reed; duct tape; resin; lint roller; gold powder; strawberry hard candies; Deathtrap (VHS); VHS tapes purchased from a man who recorded hours of news footage from Princess Diana’s funeral; hourglass; ceramic clock on pedestal. 49 x 28 x 18ins. Image: Courtesy the Artist and Koppe Astner, Glasgow. Photography by Patrick Jameson.
Organised 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. 71 x 50 x 8ins. Image: Courtesy the Artist and Koppe Astner, Glasgow. Photography by Patrick Jameson.
Photograph: Andria Lo
Press
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Review
Susannah Thompson, Josh Faught: I know I Came into this Room for a Reason, Art Review, January 9th 2015. Image: Courtesy Koppe Astner, Glasgow
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Essay
Elissa Auther, Nation Building: Craft and Contemporary American Culture (London: Bloomsbury Press in cooperation with the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum,), February 26th, 2015
Image: Courtesy Lisa Cooley, New York.
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Review
Jeanne Gerrity, Josh Faught: BE BOLD For What You Stand For, BE CAREFUL For What You Fall For, Art Practical, November 12th 2013
Photograph: Ian Reeves