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n Fischli and Weiss’s 1979 film ‘The Least Resistance’ the artist duo bought shabby animal costumes from a film supply shop and wandered around sunny Los Angeles trying to make it rich in the art world and failing. Ms. Spector in The New York Times described Rat and Bear as a kind of alter-ego template that guided Mr. Fischli and Mr. Weiss through their career. “I think with the dynamic of two people it’s often: ‘Can we do this crazy thing? Why don’t we try it?’” she said. “I always imagined there was a lot of laughter and a lot of talking and scheming together.”
