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Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Widely recognized as one of the most influential artists of his generation, Josh Kline (American, b. 1979) focuses on the ways technological innovations affect politics, labor, and the human body. Josh Kline:<\/em> Freedom<\/em> examines politicians, protest movements, and surveillance tactics in our digital age. Employing sculpture and installation, Kline ruminates on the effects of economic downturn, the ongoing war on terror, and the visible and invisible means of control that corporations, governments, and police forces exercise today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition unfolds over three segments. In a reimagined Zuccotti Park (site of the Occupy Wall Street protest encampment in 2011), a glowing monitor plays a remake of Obama\u2019s historic 2008 inaugural speech. The video foregrounds the move from populist groundswell toward political activism born out of the financial crisis and furthered by incidences of police brutality and civil rights violations. Here Teletubby riot police stand amidst cell-phone tower trees sprouting credit cards, zip-tie handcuffs and discarded plastic bags. Videos embedded in their torsos blend the identities of activists and retired police officers who read from social media posts describing protest actions in a conflation of opinion, documentation, and surveillance. A second installation features grids of replicated donuts bearing police crests, handcuffs, asphalt, broken auto glass, and other referents to the streets where such actions take place. The third installation considers the continuing global impact of the Iraq War through speculative apologies from the leaders who led the West into the conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kline fleshes out a complex historical trajectory with the intertwined empathy and dystopian thinking associated with science fiction or the alternative histories presented in popular Hollywood fictions. Freedom <\/em>asks us to confront the recent past and its repercussions, while contemplating our roles as citizens in this pivotal moment when the uses of technology and data, notions of privacy, and the social order quickly shift around us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The multimedia exhibition marks the relaunch of the Museum\u2019s Miller Meigs Series of contemporary art exhibitions under the direction of Sara Krajewski, The Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am excited to reboot our contemporary art exhibition series with Josh Kline: Freedom<\/em>,\u201d said Krajewski. \u201cThis exhibition brings an activist\u2019s sensibility into the gallery, tackling timely issues head-on. My plans for the Miller Meigs series are to bring cutting edge work to Portland audiences and facilitate ambitious projects from some of today\u2019s most compelling artists.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curated by Sara Krajewski, The Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Josh Kline: Freedom<\/em>\u00a0is part of the Miller Meigs Series of contemporary art exhibitions celebrating new ideas, artists, and mediums. SPONSORS: Miller Meigs Endowment for Contemporary Art, Ed Cauduro Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation, McGeady Family Foundation, Katherine and James Gentry, and the Exhibition Series Sponsors.<\/em><\/p>","excerpt":"","slug":"josh-kline-freedom","image":{"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Josh-Kine_New-Museum-Triennial_Install_1.jpeg","id":8937,"extension":"jpeg","width":1200,"height":831,"filesize":134223,"sizes":{"medium":{"width":700,"height":485,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":46573,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Josh-Kine_New-Museum-Triennial_Install_1-700x485.jpeg"},"thumbnail":{"width":270,"height":270,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":13994,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Josh-Kine_New-Museum-Triennial_Install_1-270x270.jpeg"},"medium_large":{"width":768,"height":532,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":53697,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Josh-Kine_New-Museum-Triennial_Install_1-768x532.jpeg"},"small":{"width":375,"height":500,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":29263,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Josh-Kine_New-Museum-Triennial_Install_1-375x500.jpeg"},"medium-large":{"width":900,"height":623,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":69485,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Josh-Kine_New-Museum-Triennial_Install_1-900x623.jpeg"},"card":{"width":904,"height":565,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":63449,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Josh-Kine_New-Museum-Triennial_Install_1-904x565.jpeg"},"post":{"width":975,"height":500,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":58012,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Josh-Kine_New-Museum-Triennial_Install_1-975x500.jpeg"}}},"all_day":false,"start_date":"2016-07-23 08:00:00","start_date_details":{"year":"2016","month":"07","day":"23","hour":"08","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"end_date":"2016-11-13 17:00:00","end_date_details":{"year":"2016","month":"11","day":"13","hour":"17","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"utc_start_date":"2016-07-23 15:00:00","utc_start_date_details":{"year":"2016","month":"07","day":"23","hour":"15","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"utc_end_date":"2016-11-14 01:00:00","utc_end_date_details":{"year":"2016","month":"11","day":"14","hour":"01","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"timezone":"America\/Vancouver","timezone_abbr":"","cost":"","cost_details":{"currency_symbol":"$","currency_code":"USD","currency_position":"prefix","values":[]},"website":"","show_map":false,"show_map_link":false,"hide_from_listings":false,"sticky":false,"featured":false,"categories":[{"name":"Exhibitions","slug":"exhibitions","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":17,"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","description":"","parent":0,"count":201,"filter":"raw","id":17,"urls":{"self":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories\/17","collection":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories"}}],"tags":[],"venue":{"id":290,"author":"1","status":"publish","date":"2023-03-28 10:28:29","date_utc":"2023-03-28 17:28:29","modified":"2024-03-07 10:38:06","modified_utc":"2024-03-07 18:38:06","url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/venue\/portland-art-museum\/","venue":"Portland Art Museum","description":"

The Museum is conveniently located on the historic Park Blocks in the center of downtown Portland, which is easy to get around by public transit or on foot. The Portland Business Alliance has installed way-finding signs which direct you to the cultural district, where the Museum is located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parking<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There is generally plenty of street parking surrounding the Museum. These spaces range from 1 \u2013 4 hours and can be paid for using a credit card or the Parking Kitty app<\/a>. There are also surface parking lots, and parking garages within 1 \u2013 4 blocks of the Museum. The closest surface lot is located at SW Main St. between SW 10th Ave. and Park Ave, and there are dedicated accessible and van accessible spaces. This lot accepts credit card or the Reef app<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public transit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Getting to get to the Museum by public transportation is straightforward and economical. The bus and streetcar travel directly past the Museum, and the MAX light rail has a stop only four blocks away.\u00a0TriMet\u2019s Trip Planner<\/a>\u00a0gives you step-by-step travel directions from your location by bus, light rail, or streetcar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n