Perrotin, the gallery behind the banana being shown in Art Basel,on Dec. 4 explaining that the piece “offers insight [into] how we assign worth and what kind of objects we value.”
Cattelan’s previous work has included a fully functional solid gold toilet titled ‘America;’ which recently hit the headlinesof Maurizio Cattelan, he was born in Padua in 1960, and much of his artwork over the years has been aimed at mocking public figures and distorting common objects and symbols. The “America” was intended to make fun of both the American dream and excessive wealth. The fact that it could be used as a toilet and was not merely a non-functioning sculpture was a reminder of “the inescapable physical realities of our shared humanity,” the“If the banana moulds, a decision on that will be made on site,” the gallery said.Fallen in love with the concept, but don’t have the cash? Never fear. DIY is here.
The average retail price of a kilogram of bananas in Canada is around $1.50, according to Statista. Assuming there’s around seven or eight bananas in a bunch, you could theoretically recreate Cattelan’s “Comedian” in the comfort of your own home roughly 600,000 times before you even approached what one person spent on the original.
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'Sometimes I wonder if that's money-laundering for drugs'
'You've got to be kidding'😳
'Not all heroes wear capes.' p.p. ezralevant
Money like that could have gone to something more worthy, maybe a charity. You know you make to much money when...
4UWell Someone ate it already
Mental
Let's not be hasty to judge the folks who have a right to appreciate art and pay for it at the asking price. They've as much right to spend as anyone else though, this reminds me of the Emperor's New Clothes. At least, the art work was very visible to everyone. No deception there
Are people in the arts community really this STUPID?
Because people are stupid and clueless? Just a guess
Que the jokes lol
How would one take that piece of art home without ruining the creative positioning it was taped to the wall with? Lol! What happens when the banana ripens and turns black? Make banana bread?
Look familiar?
Hear it maybe a relative of the ones used by Justin Trudeau.
71,0000 Canadians just lost their jobs and 48% of Canadians are within 200.00 of not being able to pay their monthly bills while Trudeau keeps piling the carbon taxes on raising the cost of groceries...maybe politicians should deal with Canada’s DIRE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK.....
'Art is what you can get away with.' - Andy Warhol
Screw the homeless leftist need their art.
Now for the 10th time ........
Omg 🙇🏻♂️... I got’ve done that for half a price...
Why a banana duct-taped to a wall sold for $120,000? Because people are idiots
Myself, I would like to tape up one of my favourite vegetables : green beans and see how much 💰it would fetch to go to food banks.
Money laundering. As long as anything sells to have cash transferred into something legit. Like crappy art.
For some reason, this reminds me of the deep, insightful words of Dr. Sigmund Freud: 'Sometimes a cigar duct taped to a wall is just a cigar duct taped to a wall.'
Because capitalism has entered a stage where buying a banana on a wall is a wise investment for someone with that much money to spend while people with full-time jobs aren't able to pay their insulin
The banana came from Miami, so doesn't that violate the border regulations about fresh produce?
Because a fool and his money are soon parted ! P T Barnum !
'Opinions online have been split on the banana.' Tee hee. I see what you did there. 🤭
Because there is no price to great for banana bread
And just think they could use that money for climate change?!? But I guess that’s what Rich people do lecture the middle class but spend their own money on stupid things
Money laundering
Because people are dumb and crave attention, even if it is negative attention about how dumb they are thinking that paying $120K for a duct-taped banana makes them “unique” or “trendy”? IDidNotReadTheArticle
31k homeless in Florida. Not to mention all the people looking for asylum or a better life. Or how about a donation to local charities. Maybe a grant for 120k to a struggling student. Hospitals can always use a donation. No no this is a way better use of peoples time and money.
Just had another thought about this Banana Art. If you do it with a green Banana would it be worth more than $120,000 since it wouldn't depreciate as fast? JustAsking
A fool and their money are soon parted!!!
because there are too many people out there with more money than brains
Much more value here 🤭🌞❤🍓
I guess he just couldn't resist.
Because of money laundering?
Organic?
Think money laundering
What a waste of money. Who is going to change the banana when it rots?
isn't it going to rot on someone's wall. has the world gone insane.
Only CTV CANADA'S BIGGEST EMBARRASSMENT would report something so stupid ..
I’d like to invite everyone to my latest gallery show, entitled “Kumquats Stapled to Cardboard”
because our fiat currency is so diluted, that any thing will be worth more in the future.
Worth it
Ppl are stupid! Waste of money! Instead donate it to a cause.😵
Was the Canadian government the buyer?
This is proof that fiat currency is dropping to zero
Stupid tweet of the day.🤦♂️
Wait...... I have four in the cupboard, and a whole roll of duct tape. I could be a millionaire.
...but Tastefully done!!
I need to stop following CTV. Now.
As P.T. BARNUM once famously said: THERE'S ONE BORN EVERY MINUTE '!🤣 He also said: 'NEVER GIVE A SUCKER AN EVEN BREAK'!🤯
It was obviously a money laundering ploy. At least, that's what I would have done if I needed to clean money.
jkenney bought it.
He’s a second rate Duchamp or this was money laundering.
Please let the buyer know that I have an orange stapled to my ceiling he can have for half that amount.
World is going bonkers
The banana was purchased in Miami, so is bringing it across the border to Toronto a violation? It wasn't consumed in a day.
Because someone had more money than brains.
Stupidity
Wow. I could do that for a buck 50. I’m in the wrong business
Beczuse its GM and never go bad ? Otherwise no
Because 95% of people are, unfortunately, degenerates.
Taxing the rich is a must!
Shut up
I started reading th article and relized WTF I waste enough of my time already, now I’m pretending to find reason for a banana. 👍😎
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