“Community is really key.” American artist Josh Kline shares his advice with young and aspiring artists.
“Being an artist is a really hard life. There are some fun moments, but it can also be very isolating. And the economics of it can be very difficult.” To Josh Kline, the community is essential to make it as an artist, especially in countries without governments supporting artists financially, such as in many Scandinavian countries. “You need peers that you can trust and rely on both to tell you when you’re making mistakes or going in the wrong direction,” he says and continues: “But also people that you can lean on for mutual aid and support.”
Josh Kline (b. 1979) is an American artist and curator living and working in New York City. His work centres around the way technological innovations impact human lives. Josh Kline has had numerous solo exhibitions, including shows at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2023); Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark (2023); LAXART, Los Angeles (2022); Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo (2020); and 47 Canal, New York (2016). He has also participated in group exhibitions at Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan (2023); Centre Pompidou Metz, France (2022); Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2019); Museum of Modern Art, New York (2019); ICA Boston, Boston (2018) and Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
Josh Kline was interviewed by Roxanne Bagheshirin Lærkesen at his studio in New York.
Camera: Sean Hanley
Produced and edited by Roxanne Bagheshirin Lærkesen
Copyright: Louisiana Channel, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2024
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