Uh-oh! Pandaman
Poster
2004 (printed and published)
2004 (printed and published)
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| Place of origin |
Platform for Art is an enterprising scheme to install art works at various sites on the London Underground network. Most of these art works take the form of billboards or posters. It began with the redundant District Line platform at Gloucester Road station, which has hosted a series of billboards. Other Platform for Art projects in 2004 have included Mark Titchner, Muntean/Rosenblum and Emma Kay.
Zhao Bandi, a Beijing-based artist, creates photographs of himself with his toy panda in a range of situations. Their speech-bubble conversations, delivered with deadpan humour, consider a variety of issues facing contemporary society, and in particular parody Chinese State propaganda and social polices such as the 'one child' policy. The images draw on the graphic language of advertising and of public service information. The posters were displayed at Piccadilly Circus tube station.
This is a circuit poster, used at locations across the tube network to advertise the Platform for Art projects to travellers.
Zhao Bandi, a Beijing-based artist, creates photographs of himself with his toy panda in a range of situations. Their speech-bubble conversations, delivered with deadpan humour, consider a variety of issues facing contemporary society, and in particular parody Chinese State propaganda and social polices such as the 'one child' policy. The images draw on the graphic language of advertising and of public service information. The posters were displayed at Piccadilly Circus tube station.
This is a circuit poster, used at locations across the tube network to advertise the Platform for Art projects to travellers.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Uh-oh! Pandaman (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Offset lithograph |
| Brief description | Zhao Bandi: poster issued by Platform for Art, 2004 |
| Physical description | Poster |
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| Credit line | Given by Platform for Art. Copyright: Zhao Bandi / London Underground Limited |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | Platform for Art is an enterprising scheme to install art works at various sites on the London Underground network. Most of these art works take the form of billboards or posters. It began with the redundant District Line platform at Gloucester Road station, which has hosted a series of billboards. Other Platform for Art projects in 2004 have included Mark Titchner, Muntean/Rosenblum and Emma Kay. Zhao Bandi, a Beijing-based artist, creates photographs of himself with his toy panda in a range of situations. Their speech-bubble conversations, delivered with deadpan humour, consider a variety of issues facing contemporary society, and in particular parody Chinese State propaganda and social polices such as the 'one child' policy. The images draw on the graphic language of advertising and of public service information. The posters were displayed at Piccadilly Circus tube station. This is a circuit poster, used at locations across the tube network to advertise the Platform for Art projects to travellers. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.152-2005 |
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| Record created | February 21, 2005 |
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