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Nude performers at NYC museum exhibition complain of being touched by patrons
metronews.ca ^ | April 16, 2010

Posted on 04/16/2010 10:54:08 AM PDT by Willie Green

NEW YORK - Some visitors to a new exhibit at New York City's Museum of Modern Art are being asked to leave because they are touching nude performers.

The performers featured in Marina Abramovic's new exhibition have complained of being pushed, prodded and poked by some patrons.

The museum acknowledges that it has had problems with some visitors touching the live art. It is declining to talk about specific cases, but says visitors caught doing it are escorted out.

The exhibition opened March 14 and presents a view of Abramovic's career over four decades.

It includes nude performers standing in a narrow doorway that visitors can pass through. Elsewhere, a naked woman reclines with a fake skeleton on top of her. Other live performers are clothed.


TOPICS: Arts/Photography
KEYWORDS: 2manyperverts; 2muchperversion; 4apevertedworld; 4pervertsonly; liveart; moma; napl; newyork; performanceart; publicnudity; touchysubject
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To: HereInTheHeartland
Where’s that Helen Thomas photo when needed?
Old Teufel Hunden posted it on #74,
so be careful as you scroll closer to it.
We don't want anybody hurting themselves by coming across it unexpectedly.
101 posted on 04/16/2010 2:42:10 PM PDT by Willie Green
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To: Old Teufel Hunden
Feast your eyes on the latest nude performer

Isn't it a violation of some OSHA or EPA regulation to post that picture?

102 posted on 04/16/2010 2:46:30 PM PDT by Willie Green
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To: NYC GOP Chick; Canedawg; dfwgator; RegulatorCountry
Bauhaus. Yes, I liked that exhibition.

The Bauhaus? I love the Bauhaus! I bought a shelving unit and some lightbulbs there when I was stationed in Mannheim back in 92!

103 posted on 04/16/2010 5:17:28 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear (Does not play well with others.)
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To: Spok

Lol. Good point!


104 posted on 04/16/2010 5:27:56 PM PDT by TXBlair (Sorry, libs, I'm fresh out of white guilt. Check back with me next millennium.)
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Modern "art" - compare to art from previous generations. That's all I have to say.

105 posted on 04/16/2010 8:10:24 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Asato Ma Sad Gamaya Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya)
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To: Spok

Well said.


106 posted on 04/16/2010 8:13:22 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Asato Ma Sad Gamaya Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya)
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To: Willie Green
"It includes nude performers standing in a narrow doorway that visitors can pass through."

Pushed and prodded and poked - oh my!

107 posted on 04/16/2010 8:18:40 PM PDT by Enterprise (Dan Rather said Obama is so incompetent he couldn't sell watermelons.)
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To: Enterprise

.....but really, officer, I thought good art was to have a touching experience.


108 posted on 04/16/2010 8:20:48 PM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: boomop1

Yup.


109 posted on 04/16/2010 8:21:42 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: JoeProBono

Best part is the guy listening to the audio tour on his headphones and looking at the armor as though he’s oblivious to the buck naked chick on the ground four feet away.


110 posted on 04/16/2010 8:26:21 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Cvengr

but really, officer, I am vision impaired, and I ALWAYS use my fingers to be able to understand artwork.


111 posted on 04/16/2010 8:28:59 PM PDT by Enterprise (Dan Rather said Obama is so incompetent he couldn't sell watermelons.)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

I are serious liberal, this is serious exhibit...


112 posted on 04/16/2010 8:29:41 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Willie Green
but she became bitter when I dumped her for a younger babe.

This is why she took up journalism?

We have YOU to blame!

113 posted on 04/16/2010 9:09:49 PM PDT by Eaker (Pablo is very wily)
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To: tutstar
Please tell me our tax dollars didn’t fund this thru NEA.
In 0bozo's Amerika, be serious.
114 posted on 04/16/2010 9:09:50 PM PDT by wjcsux ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: Willie Green

So, the “exhibit” has two naked women standing in a doorway, and they are surprised when they get grouped.

Where is the Captain Obvious tag.


115 posted on 04/17/2010 9:28:53 AM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: redgolum
Photobucket
116 posted on 04/17/2010 12:56:06 PM PDT by Professional Engineer (Conservative States of America has a nice ring to it.)
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To: a fool in paradise
"10 Tips Obama Can Take from Tiger

Get a different wooman?

117 posted on 04/17/2010 12:56:52 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (Liberals love the poor so much they came up w/ a plan to create millions more of them. - Ann Coulter)
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To: redgolum

Grouped? Wow, that paints a completly different picture than that of being groped!!!!! LOL.


118 posted on 04/18/2010 1:03:16 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Papa of two new Army Brats! Congrats to my Soldier son and his wife.)
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To: SoldierDad

Foiled by spell check again!

Maybe a group grope?


119 posted on 04/18/2010 7:58:46 PM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: redgolum

LOL - thanks, but I’ll pass. Too many cooks spoil the broth.


120 posted on 04/19/2010 7:33:24 AM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Papa of two new Army Brats! Congrats to my Soldier son and his wife.)
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