I understand enough about art (yes, even this kind) to know that the original peace was a smirking fuck-you gesture towards the very idea of modern art installations, at best on a humorous level,...
I understand enough about art (yes, even this kind) to know that the original peace was a smirking fuck-you gesture towards the very idea of modern art installations, at best on a humorous level, at worst kinda spiteful. So eating the thing is probably the only correct reaction to it. It's the only thing that makes sense. And it kinda ends a whole branch of art. Like, this is it. We have to come up with something new. I'm not saying it's good or bad or anything. It's just over.
And apparently now the banana was removed for causing disturbances and then someone wrote "EPSTIEN DIDNT KILL HIMSELF" on the wall in its place with lipstick, which had to be covered up.
So no one else can sell a banana duct taped to the wall? It's the idea of the wall banana that was sold, not the banana itself?
The art reportedly comes with a certificate of authenticity, meaning owners can replace the banana.
"[Datuna] did not destroy the art work. The banana is the idea," Lucien Terras, a director at the gallery, told the Miami Herald.
So no one else can sell a banana duct taped to the wall? It's the idea of the wall banana that was sold, not the banana itself?
Anyone else is just a copycat to the same idea. Though, with art being a great money laundering vehicle, this seems like the best: A perishable, replaceable fruit, tape and a piece of paper. It's...
Anyone else is just a copycat to the same idea.
Though, with art being a great money laundering vehicle, this seems like the best: A perishable, replaceable fruit, tape and a piece of paper. It's the piece of paper that holds the value.
I understand enough about art (yes, even this kind) to know that the original peace was a smirking fuck-you gesture towards the very idea of modern art installations, at best on a humorous level, at worst kinda spiteful. So eating the thing is probably the only correct reaction to it. It's the only thing that makes sense. And it kinda ends a whole branch of art. Like, this is it. We have to come up with something new. I'm not saying it's good or bad or anything. It's just over.
And apparently now the banana was removed for causing disturbances and then someone wrote "EPSTIEN DIDNT KILL HIMSELF" on the wall in its place with lipstick, which had to be covered up.
So no one else can sell a banana duct taped to the wall? It's the idea of the wall banana that was sold, not the banana itself?
Anyone else is just a copycat to the same idea.
Though, with art being a great money laundering vehicle, this seems like the best: A perishable, replaceable fruit, tape and a piece of paper. It's the piece of paper that holds the value.
The end is nigh.