Josh Hartley

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Remake
48 x 48 x 144 inches
Paper, glue, wood

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A continuation of my recent series “More and More, Less and Less”. It is a floor-to-ceiling sculpture made of simplified house-like forms that create an incomplete column.

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Held
108 x 108 inches
Cloths and twine

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A collection of clothing became the basis for several works exploring the body, memory, and time. Made at my 19th Street studio in Brooklyn.

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Walk
65 x 65 x 12 inches
Wood, plaster

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Part of a series exploring the theme of place and memory.  Twigs were gathered on daily walks and reassembled into a landscape.

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By & By
Found shoes and wood
110 × 140 × 10 inches

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Using a collection of shoes worn with age, this piece explores place and memory. This project was made from daily walks in my neighborhood.

Created at Chashama Studio Residency.

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Open
72 x 108 x 9 inches
Paper, glue, wood

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Part of my recent series “More and More, Less and Less” that explores the themes of order and disorder. These houses are made from simple materials: paper and glue. Because they are small, approximately the size of a toy, they have fantasy and story-like qualities.

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Untitled (Remove)
288 × 144 inches
Paper and gesso

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Exhibit at Chashama, 470 Vanderbilt Gallery. Group show of 8 international artists curated by Monika Zarzecna.

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Rivers Flowing North
60 x 60 x 110 inches
Paper, paint and glue

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Fragile pieces of architectural vellum form complex, interlocking branches that emerge from a single strand.

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More and More, Less and Less
140 x 280 inches (proposal — size variable)
Print on paper

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Proposal for a mural exploring the concept of place.

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Constellation
72 x 72 inches (size variable)
Ceramic balls

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Ceramic balls formed during moments of meditation and reflection. This piece becomes a record of time passing — and the many small instances in a day that are forgotten. 

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Deeper
50 x 50 x 24 inches
Clothing
2022

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A collection of clothing became the basis for several works exploring the body, memory, and time.

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Everything In Between
140 x 160 inches
Wood

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A record of where I’ve lived and worked. Shapes of rooms, layouts of homes from childhood to now are cut to scale and removed from a single piece of material (layered paper). 

Project made at Brooklyn Army Terminal

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Shift
20 x 30 inches
Digital and paper

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Prototype for an installation expressing the complexity of color from a single flower petal.

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Yours
120 x 120 inches
Vellum, paint and paper

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Paper houses in vellum envelopes.

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Coming and Going
140 x 70 x 9 inches
Wood

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Part of a series evoking structures and buildings in my neighborhood. The urban landscape is constantly changing. Our memory of a place straddles the old and the new, and our connection to past places never fully disappears.

Created at the Chashama Studio Residency.

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Here
120 x 12 x 8 inches
Wood

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Part of a series inspired by buildings in my neighborhood. The urban landscape is constantly changing. Our memory of a place straddles the old and the new, and our connection to past places never fully disappears.

Project created at the Chashama Studio Residency.

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Here
70 x 70 x 9 inches
Wood

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Part of a series inspired by buildings in my neighborhood. The urban landscape is constantly changing. Our memory of a place straddles the old and the new, and our connection to past places never fully disappears.

Project created at the Chashama Studio Residency.

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Stranded
92 x 50 inches
Paper and paint

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Part of an ongoing series of theoretical theater backdrops.

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This morning I…
60 x 90 inches
Paint and paper

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Colors collected from the morning sky.

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Mapping
12 x 17 inches
Paper and Salt

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Drawing with salt from winter streets in my neighborhood.