Josh Kline (born 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States) is an American artist and curator living and working 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".
[6][7] 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.
In these works, he utilized technology, digitization, and image manipulation to address the influence of political and social issues on people who make up the labor force.
[10][11] Freedom (2015) Full-body figures of police officers in riot gear with the facial features of Teletubbies.