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December 7, 2019 at 10:41 pm #481125
https://nypost.com/2019/12/05/this-banana-duct-taped-to-a-wall-is-yours-for-120k-at-art-basel/%5B/URL%5D
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"Beauty is truth, truth beauty—that is all ye know on earth and all ye need to know." - John Keats
"Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea."- John Ciardi
December 7, 2019 at 10:52 pm #916686[FONT=”Garamond]Bananas as a substitute for substance.
:rolleyes: [/FONT]
December 8, 2019 at 4:50 am #916699I read this article this morning, I didn’t peel very well after reading it.
December 8, 2019 at 7:57 am #916715There are so many things wrong with this: The banana is at the wrong angle, the duck tape is too bright, nobody seems to have considered the underpainting on the wall (v. important), the colour of the banana is way off, the dark spots on the banana are badly distributed, the light and shade are disastrous, I could go on and on…
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~ Niels Bohr.December 8, 2019 at 8:50 am #916694The argument is often that the “uneducated” and those lacking artistic sensitivity fail to get the joke, but the painter, Steven Assael suggested: “A joke told over again just isn’t funny anymore… we have heard this joke (Duchamp) over a hundred years ago.”
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"Beauty is truth, truth beauty—that is all ye know on earth and all ye need to know." - John Keats
"Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea."- John Ciardi
December 8, 2019 at 10:09 am #916688I think it was to prove the point that some rich fool will pay any amount for anything. It has already been proved in the past. Love that the artist ate it.
If you're asking me for advice, I'm going to assume that you've run out of rational options.
My work on FacebookDecember 8, 2019 at 11:56 am #916706way to play with the gawkers, stodgies, gullibles and those with a sense of humor
banksy’s shredder was better, but i smiled, rolled my eyes ‘n giggled
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When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know PeaceDecember 8, 2019 at 1:07 pm #916721Now it has been eaten. https://news.artnet.com/market/cattelan-banana-art-art-basel-1725678
December 8, 2019 at 1:18 pm #916712Well, it got attention.
"None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm." - Henry David ThoreauModerator Acrylics Forum~~~Reference Image Library
December 8, 2019 at 2:14 pm #916681Which was the whole point of the exercise.
December 8, 2019 at 2:38 pm #916700Visiting my local supermarket negates the travel costs to see the exhibition and they have bunches of art there.
December 8, 2019 at 2:47 pm #916689Visiting my local supermarket negates the travel costs to see the exhibition and they have bunches of art there.
But don’t you have to supply your own duct tape to truly appreciate the art?
If you're asking me for advice, I'm going to assume that you've run out of rational options.
My work on FacebookDecember 8, 2019 at 3:12 pm #916701Well it does have some kind of appeal…
December 8, 2019 at 3:17 pm #916690Is it a peel appeal?
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My work on FacebookDecember 8, 2019 at 3:49 pm #916709There’s no accounting for taste…. um, I mean stupidity.
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