Art Basel: Maurizio Cattelan's $120,000 banana eaten by artist

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

42 minutes ago, laylalex said:

Looks a lot like one of the mods' user pics, so maybe he should report himself first.

The other name I've heard is "Jagger's Lips." But one can be a hooker and be a male, or another gender. It isn't necessarily misogynistic.

If Trump said "hooker lips", would it be? 🤔

 

Plants need to be banned asap.

Edited December 10, 2019 by Burnt Reynolds

[laylalex 7,300]

8 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Hmmm missed the y, yes rich but I focused more on his obviously unacceptable traits. Surprised you did not mention his penchant for ladies generations younger.

My own preference is for a man close to my own age (Alex is 3 months and 12 days older than me), but I try not to judge what others do, as long as everyone is consenting. 

[laylalex 7,300]

9 minutes ago, Burnt Reynolds said:

If Trump said "hooker lips", would it be? 🤔

 

Plants need to be banned asap.

Not everything needs to be about Trump. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.  

 

Do not agree about the ban on plants -- unlike Smudge the cat, I like vegetals. 

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,382]

On 12/9/2019 at 1:25 AM, Boiler said:

An artwork of an overripe banana duct-taped to a wall that sold for $120,000 (£91,000) has been eaten by a separate performance artist.

The artwork, titled Comedian, by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, was on display at the international gallery Perrotin at Art Basel in Miami.

Three buyers bought the limited-edition pieces of the banana art this week.

But performance artist David Datuna pulled it from the wall, peeled it and devoured it on Saturday.

"Art performance by me. I love Maurizio Cattelan artwork and I really love this installation. It's very delicious," Mr Datuna posted on Instagram.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50704136

 

Fortunately I have a spare banana that I can offer them at a substantial discount, duct tape is free.

The fact that anyone would call this art, proves the old fable of the emperor's clothes was a very accurate comment on the human condition 

[Boiler 46,122]

Apparently someone wrote in lipstick on this wall Epstein did not commit suicide.

 

And was arrested, sounded more like performance art.

[laylalex 7,300]

17 minutes ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

The fact that anyone would call this art, proves the old fable of the emperor's clothes was a very accurate comment on the human condition 

I took a course called "What Is Art?" and at the end of the class basically I learned that art is whatever you think it is. It's highly subjective, and is meant to make us ask more questions. The question here is sort of, Is it art when an artist tapes a banana to the wall, but when *I* tape a banana to the wall it's just weird? Is every act of an artist art, or are only some? And how do we delineate the "art" from the "non-art" of an artist, or the "art" of a non-artist from his or her "non-art"?

 

I am not an artist, but I am deeply interested in art. I have only words, and mine are rarely art.

[Boiler 46,122]

True

 

5 minutes ago, laylalex said:

I took a course called "What Is Art?" and at the end of the class basically I learned that art is whatever you think it is. It's highly subjective, and is meant to make us ask more questions. The question here is sort of, Is it art when an artist tapes a banana to the wall, but when *I* tape a banana to the wall it's just weird? Is every act of an artist art, or are only some? And how do we delineate the "art" from the "non-art" of an artist, or the "art" of a non-artist from his or her "non-art"?

 

I am not an artist, but I am deeply interested in art. I have only words, and mine are rarely art.

 

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

As to the OP inspiring me to ask questions, it did...

 

WHY???