Larry and Debby Kline artists and provocatuers – installation, performances, and other works

The Age of Enlightenment

The Age of Enlightenment

The Age of Enlightenment – A large scale installation consisting of a colonnade displaying various themes based on religion and conflict. Each of the eight columns is primarily made using castings from commercially available molds. The juxtaposition and alteration of these molded forms create new meaning and iconography.

My Dinner with the Klines

My Dinner with the Klines

For years, The Klines have engaged in an unusual ritual by making art when dining out. It is one facet of their art that spawned their collaborative ventures. These works capture creativity at its most playful state, resulting in surprisingly complex and impromptu sculptures borne of only the materials at hand.

The Candy Store

The Candy Store

The Candy Store acknowledges the trend toward self-diagnosis and treatment. Due to rising healthcare costs by providing medicinal candy. This starter pack of inconsumable medicinal talismans is a welcome addition to the panoply of healthcare choices and is guaranteed to meet or exceed FDA standards for safety or effectiveness.

Earth Igloo for Jerusalem

Earth Igloo for Jerusalem

    Built atop the Museum on the Seam over the Passover and Easter holidays, Earth Igloo for Jerusalem reflects its surroundings, a dome in a city of domes, and is an ironic mud structure in a future sans ice. The mud is from the region of the Dead Sea, a body of water that [...]

The War Ain't Over Till The Paperwork's Done

The War Ain’t Over Till The Paperwork’s Done

    This work consists of 94 hand-made paper tanks in pentagonal formation. The work alludes to the term “paper tiger,” a phrase used to describe an aggressive yet ineffectual military power. The vision of paper tanks in various states of decay also refers to an internal audit by the Pentagon showing a massive misappropriation [...]

The Age of Enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment

The Age of Enlightenment – A large scale installation consisting of a colonnade displaying various themes based on religion and conflict. Each of the eight columns is primarily made using castings from commercially available molds. The juxtaposition and alteration of these molded forms create new meaning and iconography.

My Dinner with the Klines
My Dinner with the Klines

For years, The Klines have engaged in an unusual ritual by making art when dining out. It is one facet of their art that spawned their collaborative ventures. These works capture creativity at its most playful state, resulting in surprisingly complex and impromptu sculptures borne of only the materials at hand.

The Candy Store
The Candy Store

The Candy Store acknowledges the trend toward self-diagnosis and treatment. Due to rising healthcare costs by providing medicinal candy. This starter pack of inconsumable medicinal talismans is a welcome addition to the panoply of healthcare choices and is guaranteed to meet or exceed FDA standards for safety or effectiveness.

Earth Igloo for Jerusalem
Earth Igloo for Jerusalem

    Built atop the Museum on the Seam over the Passover and Easter holidays, Earth Igloo for Jerusalem reflects its surroundings, a dome in a city of domes, and is an ironic mud structure in a future sans ice. The mud is from the region of the Dead Sea, a body of water that [...]

The War Ain’t Over Till The Paperwork’s Done
The War Ain't Over Till The Paperwork's Done

    This work consists of 94 hand-made paper tanks in pentagonal formation. The work alludes to the term “paper tiger,” a phrase used to describe an aggressive yet ineffectual military power. The vision of paper tanks in various states of decay also refers to an internal audit by the Pentagon showing a massive misappropriation [...]

The Great Passover Purchase (The New Maxwell House Haggadah)
The Great Passover Purchase (The New Maxwell House Haggadah)

                          Larry grew up (as have many Jewish Americans) using the Maxwell House Passover Haggadah.    This publication was actually used to reinvent coffee as a kosher food in order to boost coffee sales at holiday time.   Joseph Jacobs, the owner of Maxwell House [...]

Passages: Luminarias and Tears
Passages: Luminarias and Tears

Luminarias for Passages Ceramic, tea lights Since La Casa Del Tunel was once a smuggling tunnel, the artists decided to honor the memory of those who either died trying to cross the border or made the crossing but lost contact with family in Mexico.  These luminaries are in keeping with Mexican tradition and candles may [...]

PEACES
PEACES

PEACES documents the creation and destruction of peace in 3 minutes and 32 seconds.  The accompanying video shows the artists carving a granite slab and the performance culminates in the stone’s destruction. It is a metaphor for the effort involved in peacemaking and the fragility of that peace, but we were also surprised by the [...]

Toxic Cocktails
Toxic Cocktails

Toxic Cocktails Ceramic angel swizzle sticks Toxic Cocktails is comprised of dozens of bone-like bisque ceramic angel-topped swizzle sticks assembled in the form of a human skeleton, resembling an archaeological or forensic study. Each angel has been inscribed with the name of one of twenty-two medications, selected by the artists at random, that have been [...]