I don't see why all the ridicule.A banana duct-taped to a wall has been sold by an artist for $120,000 (£91,000)
I don't see why all the ridicule.
This has nothing to do with the fact I have just realised...
...there's Sellotape in the drawer.. and is there not a cucumber in the veggie basket...
You're rich! All you have to do now is find a stupid person who has a pile of money.I don't see why all the ridicule.
This has nothing to do with the fact I have just realised...
...there's Sellotape in the drawer.. and is there not a cucumber in the veggie basket...
You're rich! All you have to do now is find a stupid person who has a pile of money.
Yeah, it's obviously that simple!
Honestly, can you believe it - a small fortune for bananas taped to a wall.
Naturally, the banana needs replacing and tape disturbed in order to do so.
Wouldn't that instantaneously devalue the, 'artwork'?
It's not the same banana any more!
Brilliant! Think also of all the world's starving - using a plastic banana could so, 'artistically', be pronounced as symbolism highlighting food waste.Now if the artist used a plastic banana to symbolise the plastic fakeness of modern society and all its norms and how life is just an empty shell and stuff like that, it would last a bit longer.
It's wonderful to be a witness to this creative collaboration in the artistic process. Jeff Coombs would be proud of y'all too. The only difference between him and you is that he got off his ass and made it a reality. DIY.Brilliant! Think also of all the world's starving - using a plastic banana could so, 'artistically', be pronounced as symbolism highlighting food waste. You could probably bump up the price as well...
Jeff Koons...? Jeff Coombs is an actor.It's wonderful to be a witness to this creative collaboration in the artistic process. Jeff Coombs would be proud of y'all too. The only difference between him and you is that he got off his ass and made it a reality. DIY.
FFS, there's my daily dose of feeling like an idiot. Thx for the correction. What's worse I've actually met the guy.:mcoat::hide:Jeff Koons...? Jeff Coombs is an actor.
Koons? Awesome! He's a great businessman.FFS, there's my daily dose of feeling like an idiot. Thx for the correction. What's worse I've actually met the guy.:mcoat::hide:
FFS, there's my daily dose of feeling like an idiot. Thx for the correction. What's worse I've actually met the guy.
...what was really scary was when the camera pans around to about a hundred people all recording the banana eater on their phones. Attention is what stuff like this thrives on, but thinking attention would be better than passive gawking.
I think he is the most likely person to have earned Crowley's title of "the wickedest man in the world". I have never met a person for whom I could say with less certainty when he was joking and when he was serious; there is both cynicism and vision there. What is worse, I think sometimes he surprises himself. All-in-all a very entertaining trickster and a deceptively well-crafted kick in the posterior for the art world, or better, perhaps an aikido throw?Koons? Awesome! He's a great businessman.
I think he's actually a clever fellow. He knows how to get other people to make his stuff and sell it. Minimal effort required.I think he is the most likely person to have earned Crowley's title of "the wickedest man in the world". I have never met a person for whom I could say with less certainty when he was joking and when he was serious; there is both cynicism and vision there. What is worse, I think sometimes he surprises himself. All-in-all a very entertaining trickster and a deceptively well-crafted kick in the posterior for the art world, or better, perhaps an aikido throw?
It is a bit... pushing the boundaries... maybe leaving the dangly bits out of the pic would have been wiser.Emiliano Zapata, hero of the Mexican Revolution, looking simply fabulous astride a somewhat excited horse. Oddly, some people have a problem with this.
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Emiliano Zapata, hero of the Mexican Revolution, looking simply fabulous astride a somewhat excited horse. Oddly, some people have a problem with this.
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FULL STORY: https://apnews.com/a53e1ece92974f26108ec14d222c3c31Couple who bought $120k banana art sense it will be iconic
A Miami couple who bought a headline-grabbing banana duct-taped to a wall have acknowledged the absurdity of the artwork, but say they believe it will become an icon and plan to gift it to a museum.
Billy and Beatrice Cox said in a statement that they spent more than $100,000 on the “unicorn of the art world” after seeing “the public debate it sparked about art and our society.”
The conceptual artwork — “Comedian,” by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan — was the talk of last week’s Art Basel Miami. The artist sold three editions, each in the $120,000 to $150,000 range, according to the Perrotin gallery.
“We are acutely aware of the blatant absurdity of the fact that “Comedian” is an otherwise inexpensive and perishable piece of produce and a couple inches of duct tape,” the Coxes said. “Ultimately we sense that Cattelan’s banana will become an iconic historical object.” ...
The piece became such a focus of gawking that the gallery removed it Sunday for the final day to encourage viewers to see the rest of the art fair.
The Miami couple — whose purchase included a “certificate of authenticity” along with the banana and the piece of tape — said they plan to loan and later gift the work to an unspecified art institution in hopes of attracting new generations to the museum.
They plan to throw out old bananas when appropriate. “Yes ... the banana itself will need to be replaced,” they said.
The couple compared the artwork to Andy Warhol’s now iconic “Campbell’s Soup Cans,” which said was initially “met with mockery.”
Critics reasoned they could easily recreate the pricey art following a quick trip to the grocery store, but the gallery said in a statement that certificates of authenticity are crucial in conceptual art.
Without one, “a piece of conceptual artwork is nothing more than its material representation.”
Anyone with Blazing Saddles references gets my likes... But use them wisely.
A life-size wooden statue of US first lady Melania Trump has been unveiled in her birth country of Slovenia, but not everyone is pleased with it. ...
It's awful! What's the betting that a local sets light to it?
Bronze statue of US first lady is unveiled in Slovenia
A bronze statue representing U.S. first lady Melania Trump was unveiled Tuesday in her native Slovenia to replace a wooden one that was set on fire in July.
The new sculpture is a replica of the original one by U.S. artist Brad Downey and placed near Trump’s hometown of Sevnica, in central Slovenia.
The original statue was torched by unknown arsonists on July 4th. The rustic figure was cut from the trunk of a linden tree, showing her in a pale blue dress like the one she wore at Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration.
A plaque next to the new one reads it is “dedicated to the eternal memory of a monument to Melania which stood at this location.” ...
“We are here today because we put up again a statue of Melania to the place where it was burnt and to commemorate the statue that was set on fire,” said Slovenian artist Marko Vivoda.
The life-sized sculpture bears no obvious resemblance to the U.S. first lady. ...
Possibly being sawn off at the cankles as we speak in preparation for melting down.Update ...
The original wooden statue was indeed set afire in July 2020. It has now been replaced with a bronze simulacrum of the original wooden statue (as opposed to a bronze statue that looks remotely like her).
FULL STORY (With Photos): https://apnews.com/fa29ec746c9200c33033177ac3a1d146
You beat me to it. It's still awful. Being cast in bronze doesn't make it a better artwork.Possibly being sawn off at the cankles as we speak in preparation for melting down.
32 tons of carrots dumped on London street for art installation
The mystery of nearly 32 tons of carrots dumped onto a street on the campus of a London university was revealed to be an art installation by a student.
Londoners took to social media Wednesday with photos and questions about the giant pile of carrots dumped by a truck onto a road through the University of London campus. ...
The school revealed the pile of carrots is an art installation by Rafael Perez Evans, an art student at the university's Goldsmiths art college. ...
"Rafael has arranged for the carrots to be removed at the end of the exhibition run and donated to animals" ...
Evans said in a YouTube post that the installation is designed to raise awareness of food waste stemming from the devaluing of crops.