Josh Kline

when the boundaries between art and life dissolve

Ready to Wear, 2012,<br />Six 3-D printed sculptures in plaster

artists series by MAURIZIO CATTELAN
in participation with MARTA PAPINI
photography by JOERG LOHSE
courtesy of the artist and 47 Canal, New York

 

MAURIZIO CATTELAN — How old were you in 2008?

JOSH KLINE — Twenty-eight, and then 29.

MAURIZIO CATTELAN — Where will you be in 2050?

JOSH KLINE — A climate-change refugee camp upstate? Mars? Manila? My family doesn’t have the best longevity genes…

MAURIZIO CATTELAN — If Land Art was sculpture in the expanded field, what is your art today?

JOSH KLINE — Sampling means that everything is up for grabs as potential art material. Bacteria, food, pharmaceuticals, politicians, hygiene products, lifestyle liquids, lights, music, current events, trends, etc. A visceral language made of desire, fear, and jokes. Feelings. I’m interested in the kind…