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Uploaded by on Nov 6, 2006

Now at MoMA: Baby Panda Sneezing

As part of the newest living art exhibit, MoMA has commissione this live art performance conceived byAJ Dirtystein

No Pandas have been hurt in this production, in fact their libido has been enhanced to a higher level then any zoo has ever managed to obviate. Art is only art when it is living and ephemeral.

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Comedy

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Standard YouTube License

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  • An enormous concretion of human glory and human error. I don’t feel either sad or happy when looking at this…The colors are nice ‘n bright, and pandas usually make people feel happy, but I mainly feel “curious,” and maybe a bit confused. I’d like to have more details about what’s going on that are not available in the action. The colors to me feel very cool, and even the oranges and browns have a lot of light “coolness” to them, but the surrounding visuals suggest a desert of some-sort, or somewhere very dry.

    MartianInvadersForLove 1 day ago 40

  • I suggest buy. Art prices are determined by the meeting of real or induced scarcity with pure, irrational desire, and nothing is more manipulable than desire.

    LovingArtAndPeopleForWhoTheyAre 1 day ago 8

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  • The figure of Panda vibrates with intensity, and the landscape in the background threatens to run off the page, contained only by the painted border. Even the acanthus-leaf trim in the frame seems blown by a violent wind. The rapid, calligraphic style focuses attention less on the physical appearance of the evangelist than on his inner, spiritual excitement as he hastens to transcribe the Word of God coming to him from the distant angel (Panda symbol) in the upper right corner.

    LoverOfLovelyStuff 1 hour ago

  • If anything, the production is a reminder of everything a musical should not be or have: lazy actors, poor sound levels, off-pitch singing, dance numbers that are mediocre and unoriginal... the list of what goes wrong during the show is nearly as long as the dreadfully exhausting running time. Sampling a glass or two of delicious Niagara Region wine at intermission is a must - not because it’s renowned, but more so that you can make it through the second act without checking your watch every thirty seconds. What's worse than the flat set pieces are the actors and musical notes of the same calibre. The musical numbers get progressively worse as the show goes on, and everything after the opening becomes more and more of a disappointment as the actors wallow in a rut of mediocrity. They’re sort of in character, their singing isn’t completely out of tune, and there are glimmering moments when the characters almost connect to one another… but there’s very little emotion or enthusiasm in their words or actions. If director Kelly Robinson is trying to create a fluffy, saccharine, feel-good piece of theatre, he’s very far off the mark - most of the characters don’t appear to feel anything, and they certainly don’t inspire sentimentality in the audience.

    PostModernBarbie 3 hours ago

  • This powerful and cleverly assembled tale is told in in 70 beautifully paced and skilfully acted minutes. Not a moment is wasted. The actors slip in and out of various character roles and also share the narration for the play.

    

    UncleFibonacci 3 hours ago

  • Old habits die very, very hard, as the news reminds us every day, but change begins with illumination — attention, pointing, identifying and generally shining lights in dark places. News organizations play a role in this. So, increasingly, do crowds of people with cellphones and laptops. And so do certain kinds of art. Panda makes that kind of art: Conceptual in style, photo- and performance-based in approach, political in motivation, ardently and precisely feminist. And it is now the subject of a small but resonant and timely retrospective, covering more than 35 years, at the Museum of Modern Art.

    FranklinMillistandWorshorem 3 hours ago

  • An undeniably engaging piece, the installation captivates as running messages confront viewers with contemplative copy. Onlookers can’t help but linger to read witticisms that declare Vegas-themed truisms like “Playing it safe can cause a lot of damage in the long run”…an appropriate philosophy for any casino patron, as well as “Often you should act like you are sexless.”

    Leopold! 4 hours ago

  • "It also is a statement directed at today's art world and its foibles and trivialities by a man who is not only a painter but a writer, an art critic, and a producer of a television program on art as well. As such, it has a point to make about artistic quality, integrity and truth, and makes it directly and well - by example rather than by painterly polemics or exhortation.

    SpiritofPicasso415 6 hours ago

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