snoop1130 Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Banana duct-taped to wall art installation sells for $120k in Miami By David Mercer The work was on display at the Art Basel Miami Beach exhibition. Pic: Zeno ZottiJacopo Zotti A banana duct-taped to a wall has been sold by an artist for $120,000 (£91,000). The installation by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan went on display at the Art Basel Miami Beach exhibition this week. Organisers say two editions of the work, called Comedian, each sold for around $120,000 (£91,000) - and the price of a third edition has now reportedly been raised to $150,000 (£114,000). Cattelan previously created the solid gold toilet stolen from Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire earlier this year. Full Story: https://news.sky.com/story/banana-duct-taped-to-wall-art-installation-sells-for-120k-in-miami-11879272 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 What can one say? A fool with his money. The artist is laughing all the way to the bank. How will this "installation" look once the banana spoils? Inane. Beyond inane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denim Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 The the organizers of the sale when asked if it were true that the work had been sold replied : " Yes , we have no bananas , we have no bananas today " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgraham Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Art people are blithering idiots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 When so many children in the World today may have nothing to eat ! its obscene . regards Worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin case Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 maybe a global world war would put things back in to perspective about values of things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 1 hour ago, spidermike007 said: What can one say? A fool with his money. The artist is laughing all the way to the bank. How will this "installation" look once the banana spoils? Inane. Beyond inane. Well the 'Work' was called the comedian (could have called it the p1ss take). I can just imagine the 'artist' now, "I need to pay off the rest of my mortgage, what can I sell next, oh I know, a used condom stretched over a cola bottle, I shall call it excrementia, should fetch around 200k" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topdoc Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 They've gone bananas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shackleton Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 when you think it cant get any worse or more stupid it does not the artist but the clown who paid for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheshiremusicman Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 57 minutes ago, shackleton said: when you think it cant get any worse or more stupid it does not the artist but the clown who paid for it Very Rich and Very Thick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Maybe there's still time to get some value out of it and eat it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 18 hours ago, snoop1130 said: A banana duct-taped to a wall has been sold by an artist for $120,000 (£91,000) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Wouldn't it be great to have money to burn like that? I can accept these bananas as a kind of expressive statement (call it "art" if you like) but paying that much for a rotting banana is rather a moral outrage in a world where people are being murdered everyday over a dollar or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfiddler Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Aren,t we overlooking the fact that a banana tastes better than any painting ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt1591 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 The article neglects to point out that this particular banana is Warhol's original model, without makeup ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivor bigun Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 and i thought Tracy Emmins unmade bed was <deleted> or that stuffed shark ,now this takes the biscuit ,which by the way i just got a pack off far cheaper. some people are so gullible . reminds me of the Emperors new clothes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GalaxyMan Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Just goes to show you that having money doesn't equate to having brains or taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger70 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 19 hours ago, snoop1130 said: Banana duct-taped to wall art installation sells for $120k in Miami By David Mercer Should've put some Duct Tape on his Wallet then he wouldn't be able to open it and waste his money. Me think He pretty stupid. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Dough Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 7 hours ago, spidermike007 said: What can one say? A fool with his money. The artist is laughing all the way to the bank. How will this "installation" look once the banana spoils? Inane. Beyond inane. If you bought it for 120K then sold it the following year to another collector for 150K who would be the fool? Rooster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 50 minutes ago, Jane Dough said: If you bought it for 120K then sold it the following year to another collector for 150K who would be the fool? Rooster Both of the parties. And once the banana rots the value will decrease, no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dap Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 8 hours ago, spidermike007 said: What can one say? A fool with his money. The artist is laughing all the way to the bank. How will this "installation" look once the banana spoils? Inane. Beyond inane. As it rots, it will no doubt increase in value Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 10 hours ago, Jane Dough said: If you bought it for 120K then sold it the following year to another collector for 150K who would be the fool? Rooster What's left of a rotted banana after a year? Surely the duct tape wouldn't hold that mess to a wall. What are these people thinking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topdoc Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Update: Someone took the banana off the wall at @ArtBasel and ATE IT ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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