Josiah McElheny Cosmic Sun Painting IV 2018 oil on board with inset, hand-pressed and polished prismatic glass, low-iron mirror 30 x 39 inches
Josiah McElheny Cosmic Sun Painting III 2018 oil on board with inset, hand-pressed and polished prismatic glass, low-iron mirror 23 x 23 inches
Josiah McElheny Cosmic Sun Painting II 2018 oil on board with inset, hand-pressed and polished prismatic glass, low-iron mirror 22 x 23 inches
Josiah McElheny Cosmic Sun Painting I 2018 oil on board with inset, hand-pressed and polished prismatic glass, low-iron mirror 23 x 21 inches
Josiah McElheny Cosmic Galaxy Painting 5194 2018 oil on board with inset, hand-formed and polished “micromosaic” glass, black mirror 17 x 17 inches
Josiah McElheny Cosmic Galaxy Painting 1512 2018 oil on board with inset, hand-formed and polished “micromosaic” glass, black mirror 17 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches
Josiah McElheny Cosmic Galaxy Painting 628 2018 oil on board with inset, hand-formed and polished “micromosaic” glass, black mirror 16 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches
Josiah McElheny Cosmic Elixir: Joe Mchpee’s ‘Cosmic Love’, Distilled May 27, 2018, Bottle 70 2018 handblown glass bottle, cork, wax, distilled music elixir 14 x 4 inches
Josiah McElheny The Album: Cosmic Elixir – Distillations in Sound 2018 blue ink silkscreen tip-on print, handmade archival paperboard folded blank vinyl record cover 12 3/8 x 12 3/8 inches
Josiah McElheny Blue Cosmic Meteorite Viewer I 2018 hand-formed and polished blue meteorite, low-iron mirror, blue architectural mirror, blue architectural sheet glass, Douglas fir 11H x 12L x 14W inches
Josiah McElheny The World’s First Solid Blue Record: Joe Mcphee’s ‘Cosmic Love 2018 press-cast and polished blue glass, engraved brass, architectural blue mirror, museum glass, walnut frame 14 5/8 x 11 5/8 x 1 1/2 inches
Josiah McElheny Blue Cosmic Trumpet 2018 handblown and formed blue glass, gold-plated brass hardware, oiled walnut 12 h. x 27 x 7 inches
Josiah McElheny Scheerbart Hand-Colors Taut’s Stairway to the Exhibition Room 2014 Drawing with retouching pencil on silver gelatin photograph 20 x 16 inches
Josiah McElheny Sheerbart Hand-Colors Taut’s Glass House 2014 Drawing with retouching pencil on silver gelatin photograph 20 x 16 inches
Josiah McElheny
Black Cloud Chamber
2014
Handblown and polished glass, Sumi inked clear pine, rope, felt, hardware
71 x 68 x 45 inches (180.34 x 172.72 x 114.3 cm)Josiah McElheny
Black Cloud Chamber
2014
Handblown and polished glass, Sumi inked clear pine, rope, felt, hardware
71 x 68 x 45 inches (180.34 x 172.72 x 114.3 cm)Josiah McElheny
End of a Love Affair
2014
Handblown and polished glass, douglas fir, speakers, amplifier, industrial audio player, electric wiring, cut and polished blue sheet glass, brass control knobs, felt, hardware
55 x 43 x 23 inches (139.7 x 109.2 x 58.42 cm)Josiah McElheny
End of a Love Affair
2014
Handblown and polished glass, douglas fir, speakers, amplifier, industrial audio player, electric wiring, cut and polished blue sheet glass, brass control knobs, felt, hardware
55 x 43 x 23 inches (139.7 x 109.2 x 58.42 cm)Josiah McElheny
Imaginary Landscape No. 1
2014
Handblown and polished glass, sitka spruce, instrument gear motors, electric wiring, hardware
23 x 54 x 12 inches (58.42 x 137.16 x 30.48 cm)Josiah McElheny
Imaginary Landscape No. 1
2014
Handblown and polished glass, sitka spruce, instrument gear motors, electric wiring, hardware
23 x 54 x 12 inches (58.42 x 137.16 x 30.48 cm)Josiah McElheny
Color Time—Model One
2014
Handblown molded and polished glass, marine plywood, red oak, AC gear motor and inverter, Variac control knob, electric lighting, electric wiring, sheet glass, mirror, hardware
32 1/2 x 24 x 29 inches (82.55 x 61 x 73.66 cm)Josiah McElheny
Color Time—Model One
2014
Handblown molded and polished glass, marine plywood, red oak, AC gear motor and inverter, Variac control knob, electric lighting, electric wiring, sheet glass, mirror, hardware
32 1/2 x 24 x 29 inches (82.55 x 61 x 73.66 cm)Josiah McElheny
Sketch for a Patent (Bottle Loudspeaker)
2014
colored pencil on vellum
17 x 11 inchesJosiah McElheny
Score for a Continuous Composition II
2014
graphite on artist-made staff paper
11 x 17 inchesJosiah McElheny
Score for a Continuous Composition I
2014
graphite on artist-made staff paper
11 x 17 inchesJosiah McElheny
Color Time Signatures Green/black over Yellow
2014
graphite and colorfast ink on notebook graphing paper
11 x 8 1/5 inchesJosiah McElheny
Color Time Signatures Blue/black over Blue
2014
graphite and sumi ink on notebook graphing paper
11 x 8 1/5 inchesJosiah McElheny
Color Time Signatures Purple/black over Red
2014
graphite with sumi and colorfast ink on notebook graphing paper
11 x 8 1/5 inchesJosiah McElheny
Study for a Black Cloud Bell
2014
ink and graphite on archival polyester vellum
16 x 20 inchesJosiah McElheny
The Club for Modern Fashions
2013
Architectural vitrine (in collaboration with John Vinci): wood, sheet-glass, hardware, carpet, furniture, and electric lighting. Performance: actors; period suits and dresses; movement; duration variable.
119 3/4 x 194 1/2 x 146 1/2 inchesJosiah McElheny
Modern Fashions at The Arts Club of Chicago
2013
billboard-sized photographic print
dimensions varyJosiah McElheny
Photographs for the Club for Modern Fashions (I)
2013
inkjet print on paper
8 x 10 inches
Ed. of 5 (with 1 A.P.)Josiah McElheny
Photographs for the Club for Modern Fashions (II)
2013
inkjet print on paper
8 x 10 inches
Ed. of 5 (with 1 A.P.)Josiah McElheny
Photographs for the Club for Modern Fashions (III)
2013
inkjet print on paper
8 x 10 inches
Ed. of 5 (with 1 A.P.)Josiah McElheny
Photographs for the Club for Modern Fashions (IV)
2013
inkjet print on paper
8 x 10 inches
Ed. of 5 (with 1 A.P.)Josiah McElheny
Photographs for the Club for Modern Fashions (V)
2013
inkjet print on paper
8 x 10 inches
Ed. of 5 (with 1 A.P.)Josiah McElheny
Photographs for the Club for Modern Fashions (VI)
2013
inkjet print on paper
8 x 10 inches
Ed. of 5 (with 1 A.P.)Josiah McElheny
Photographs for the Club for Modern Fashions (VII)
2013
inkjet print on paper
8 x 10 inches
Ed. of 5 (with 1 A.P.)Josiah McElheny
Photographs for the Club for Modern Fashions (VIII)
2013
inkjet print on paper
8 x 10 inches
Ed. of 5 (with 1 A.P.)Josiah McElheny
Movie Posters (The Light Club of Vizcaya) I
2012-13
archival inkjet print on paper
40 x 27 inches
Ed. of 10 (with 1 A.P.)Josiah McElheny
Movie Posters (The Light Club of Vizcaya) II
2012-13
archival inkjet print on paper
40 x 27 inches
Ed. of 10 (with 1 A.P.)Josiah McElheny
Movie Posters (The Light Club of Vizcaya) III
2012-13
archival inkjet print on paper
40 x 27 inches
Ed. of 10 (with 1 A.P.)Josiah McElheny
Movie Posters (The Light Club of Vizcaya) IV
2012-13
archival inkjet print on paper
40 x 27 inches
Ed. of 10 (with 1 A.P.)Josiah McElheny
Movie Posters (The Light Club of Vizcaya) V
2012-13
archival inkjet print on paper
40 x 27 inches
Ed. of 10 (with 1 A.P.)Josiah McElheny
Movie Poster (The Light Club of Vizcaya) VI
2012-13
archival inkjet print on paper
40 x 27 inches
Ed. of 10 (with 1 A.P.)
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Exhibitions:
Cosmic Meteorites & Other Burners (2020)
Cosmic Love (2018)
Other Planes of There (2015)
Josiah McElheny: Dusty Groove (2014)Catalogs:
Josiah McElheny: Cosmic Love
Josiah McElheny: Two Clubs at The Arts Club of Chicago
Josiah McElheny: Dusty GrooveCurriculum Vitae:
Selected Press:
Cosmic Love listed on ADAA inside stories (2018)
PDF-Review-Time Out New York (2017)
PDF-Review-W Magazine (2015)
PDF-Review-James Yood-Top 10 List (2014)
Josiah McElheny with Lynne Cooke (2013)
Josiah McElheny featured on Artforum (2013)News + Events:
Josiah McElheny in the Carnegie International 57th Edition (2018)
Josiah McElheny at White Cube Bermondsey (2017)
BIO
b. 1966, Boston, MA
Lives and works in New York.