Exhibition

Josh Kline: Freedom

22 Aug 2015 – 18 Oct 2015

Regular hours

Saturday
10:00 – 17:00
Sunday
12:00 – 17:00
Tuesday
10:00 – 17:00
Wednesday
10:00 – 17:00
Thursday
10:00 – 17:00
Friday
10:00 – 17:00

Cost of entry

Free

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Modern Art Oxford

Oxford, United Kingdom

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A menacing and dystopian environment is produced at Modern Art Oxford in Freedom, the first solo exhibition in the UK by American artist Josh Kline (b. 1979).

About

This exhibition includes a compelling installation from which the exhibition takes its title. Four towering ‘Teletubbies’ dressed in SWAT gear guard a barren space modelled after Zuccotti Park, the privately owned public space in New York City and site of the Occupy Wall Street camp in 2011.

For Hope and Change, Kline presents US President Barack Obama, played by an actor augmented with facial substitution software, who delivers a confrontational new version of his inaugural speech, addressing issues ranging from global warming to race relations.

In this darkly compelling new exhibition, Kline creates a radical critique of the political and economic landscape of a globalised world.

 

With thanks to New Museum, New York; The Rubell Family Collection, Miami; and 47 Canal, New York.

CuratorsToggle

Ciara Moloney

Exhibiting artistsToggle

Josh Kline

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