A contagion in the middle class.

Art21 Clip 16 days ago

Description

“I made a series of life-sized portraits. Each one is a portrait of a real unemployed person who had worked in fields predicted to be eliminated by AI and automation.”

In our latest episode, artist Josh Kline investigates worsening labor conditions that characterize the twenty-first century, highlighting the urgent need for change.

“I knew I wanted to make sculptures that took the form of a virus. Unemployment's spreading like a contagion through the middle class.”

Watch Josh Kline in “Human Nature” free on Art21.