Friday, December 10, 2021

Artist of the Day, December 10, 2021: Josh Kline, an American emerging artist and curator (#1440)

 Josh Kline (1979) is an American emerging artist and curator living and working in New York City.

Kline had his first solo gallery exhibition at 47Canal in 2011. In 2014 his work "Skittles" was displayed along the High Line in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. In 2015 His installation "Freedom" (wherein Teletubby statues stand in the abound in SWAT gear while a computerized version of Barack Obama's 2008 Presidential inaugural address is played was included in the New Museum Triennial, Surround Audience". The aforementioned piece gained widespread attention and acclaim in the News and art presses. In 2015, his piece "Cost of Living (Aleyda), 2014" was included in "America is Hard to See", the opening exhibition of the new Whitney Museum of American Art facility in the Meatpacking area of Manhattan, which was composed entirely of works from their permanent collection.

He participated in the 2019 Whitney Biennial.


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 Josh Kline

 Share the Health (Assorted Probiotic Hand Gels), 2011

 Sleep is For the Weak, 2011

 Tastemaker’s Choice, 2012

 Skittles, 2014

 Crying Games, 2015

Freedom, Modern Art Oxford, UK, 2015

Freedom, Modern Art Oxford, UK, 2015

Freedom, Modern Art Oxford, UK, 2015

 Nine to Five, 2015

 Nine to Five, Eight to Four, Seven to Three, 2015


 Seven to Three, 2015

 Some Trees Breathe in Despair (detail), 2015

 On Layaway, 2016

 Unemployment, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, 2016

 Unemployment, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, 2016

Civil War, 2017

Civil War, 2017

Civil War, 2017

Civil War, 2017

 Your Driver is Here, 2017

 In Stock (Walmart Worker’s Arms), 2018 detail

 In Stock (Walmart Worker’s Arms), 2018

 Keep The Change (Texas Roadhouse Waiter’s Arm with Bottle Opener), 2018

 Keep The Change (Texas Roadhouse Waiter’s Feet with Shoes), 2018

 Reality Television I, 2018

 Reality Television II, 2018

 

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