Today's subject is banana ideas that might entertain children or that get at least 3 art collectors to spend $120,000 US.
Headline in artnews in December 2019: Is Maurizio Cattelan's $120,000 banana sculpture a cynical sign of the times of a thrilling artwork? Yes!
"The semi-retired artist, whose last major creation was a golden toilet titled America (2016), has now taped a banana to a wall of Perrotin gallery’s booth at Art Basel Miami Beach, the glitzy bazaar that alights in that flood-endangered city every December. It is titled Comedian, and it is priced at $120,000. Three were available, and the first two apparently sold on opening day."
"Though Cattelan is known for being something of an art world prankster, Perrotin was quick to dismiss the idea that Comedian is a joke. Every aspect of the work was carefully considered, from the shape of the fruit, to the angle its been affixed with duct tape to the wall, to its placement in the booth—front and center, on a large wall that could have easily fit a much larger painting—he said."
To assure the purchasers of their investments were of value? "The purchased editions come with a certificate of authenticity. The banana can be replaced as needed."
There are lots of explanations of the work's meaning. I prefer to bypass all of these to show you the witty banana sculptures below Cattelan's visually boring piece which has its own entry in Wikipedia (!)
Head over to Saatchi Art to see all manner of banana art HERE. You can see a few satires of Cattelan's banana among them.
The daffodil abstract follows the theme of yellow to go with our banana art.
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