{"id":383,"date":"2019-12-16T09:17:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T09:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/?p=383"},"modified":"2019-12-26T03:30:59","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T03:30:59","slug":"banana-duct-taped-to-wall-sells-for-120-thousand-dollars-concept-art-eaten-by-performance-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/banana-duct-taped-to-wall-sells-for-120-thousand-dollars-concept-art-eaten-by-performance-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"Bananas over bananas? “Concept Art” banana-duct-taped-to-wall sold for $120,000 to $150,000, eaten by performance artist: “it was very delicious”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\nThe $120,000 Art Basel Banana, Explained<\/a>
\nSo, uh, whose banana is it?
\nArt Basel Banana is catchy, but it\u2019s not actually the work\u2019s name. Titled Comedian, it\u2019s by Maurizio Cattelan. Cattelan is an Italian artist and an absurdist\u2014in 2016 he replaced a toilet at the Guggenheim with a fully functioning gold one. He called the artwork America.

\n\nSo, uh, whose banana is it?
\nArt Basel Banana is catchy, but it\u2019s not actually the work\u2019s name. Titled Comedian, it\u2019s by Maurizio Cattelan. Cattelan is an Italian artist and an absurdist\u2014in 2016 he replaced a toilet at the Guggenheim with a fully functioning gold one. He called the artwork America.

\n\nDid anyone buy it?
\nYes\u2014three buyers, in fact. It\u2019s reported two editions went for $120,000 before the price was raised to $150,000.

\n\nHow could three people buy the banana?
\nIn this case, you aren\u2019t actually buying the work itself\u2014it\u2019s a banana. It\u2019s going to rot. What are you buying, then? The certificate of art. Essentially you bought the idea rather than the object.
\nWhen the banana goes bad, the owner can replace it, according to the artist\u2019s instructions. It will still be considered a Cattelan.

\n\nI just want to learn what happened next.
\nOn Saturday, when the fair was at its most crowded, a man came up and ate the banana. Real casual like. Just went up, grabbed the fruit off the wall, and took a big bite.
\nIt wasn\u2019t some random passerby but performance artist David Datuna. He explained his actions on Instagram: \u201cArt performance by me. I love Maurizio Cattelan artwork and I really love this installation. It\u2019s very delicious.\u201d But also: \u201cConceptually, I ate the concept of the banana.\u201d

\n\nA man ate the $120,000 Art Basel banana \u2014 and didn\u2019t think it tasted that rich: \u2018Its taste was delicious \u2014 not like $120,000, but it was really good\u2019<\/a>
\nBut the gallery wasn\u2019t laughing. The Miami Herald reported that gallery owner Emmanuel Perrotin was about to head to the airport when he heard that the banana was eaten, and he returned to the Galerie Perrotin \u201cclearly upset.\u201d A guest volunteered their own banana as a replacement, which was eventually affixed to the wall where the original had been. (Neither Perrotin nor Cattelan were immediately available for comment. A spokeswoman for Cattelan told NBC News that the artist is not seeking any criminal or civil action against Datuna.)

\n\nSomeone ate a $120,000 banana that an artist had taped to a wall<\/a>
\nEntitled “Comedian,” the artwork comprised a banana bought in a Miami grocery store, and a single piece of duct tape. The gallery behind the sale, Galerie Perrotin, said there were three editions, and that two had already sold for around $120,000.

\n\nOrganizers had previously confirmed to CNN that the banana can be replaced if needed, as the artist’s instructions for the work are “intentionally imprecise.” But in a statement Sunday, the gallery announced that the installation had been removed altogether amid public safety concerns.

\n\n“Art Basel collaboratively worked with us to station guards and create uniform lines,” it read. “However, the installation caused several uncontrollable crowd movements and the placement of the work on our booth compromised the safety of the artwork around us, including that of our neighbors.”

\n\nAn Instagram account set up for the artwork also posted a video showing gallery founder, Emmanuel Perrotin, removing a banana from the wall and eating it himself. “Maurizio, it’s a good banana, I have to say,” he is filmed saying.

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\n\nImage courtesy Rhona Wise \/ EPA-EFE \/ Shutterstock<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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