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Josh Kline - ARTUNER | Curated Contemporary Art

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There is an interesting duality in Kline’s work, as the strongly theoretical foundation marries itself to the concrete world it inhabits. There is a tendency to circumnavigate artistic intellectualism and to ignore its inherent historicity. As a result his oeuvre opens a discussion which transcends the art industry, contextualising the works in terms of the present, and this is reflected in his curatorial practice. This idea is best noted in the contrast between his works, such as Living Wages that features bacterial cultures continually reproducing, and his sculptures, such as Ready to Wear, that are so easily reproduced by 3D printing techniques. These two contrasting elements represent a real human fear, embodied within the principle of bacterial fission. These living sculptures can only reproduce to the point that there are available growth factors; once these diminish the bacteria also dissipates. Josh Kline (b. 1979, Philadelphia) lives and works in New York as a curator, colla

About the artist Josh Kline (b. 1979, Philadelphia) lives and works in New York as a curator, collaborator, and artist. Josh Kline aligns his art with the philosophy of post-humanism. Spanning a wide variety of media with specific focus upon the technologically innovative, his art has an ergonomic sensibility. It is centred upon the ability of humanity to function efficiently within its working environment, with corporeality being marginalised in favour of digital expressions of selfhood. The beating heart of his work is found in the human obsession with an abstract future and the…

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