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Class Division by Josh Kline (2017)

In this series of sculptures, Josh Kline fuses luxury and budget household appliances into hybrid objects. Each machine appears split apart and reassembled, with the contrasting halves bound together using stars-and-stripes-patterned packing tape.

Created as part of Kline’s broader examination of class, labor, technology, and contemporary American society, the works transform familiar consumer goods into symbols of economic inequality.

By combining high-end and low-cost appliances into a single object, Kline highlights the growing divisions between different social classes and the unequal realities that exist within the same consumer culture.

The series reflects recurring themes throughout his work, using everyday objects to explore larger questions about wealth, opportunity, and the future of America.

Alexis Daniel Vera