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Duct Tape Banana

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Overview

Duct Tape Banana refers to the Art Basel Miami Beach exhibition featuring Maurizio Cattelan's piece entitled "Comedian," which is simply a banana duct-taped to the gallery wall. Soon after the banana sold for $120,000 in December 2019, it was eaten by a performance artist and the wall defaced with Epstein Didn't Kill Himself by a bystander.

Background

On December 3rd, 2019, Art Basel Miami Beach[7] hosted a gallery opening featuring Marizio Cattelan's piece "Comedian." The next day Art Net Journalist Sarah Cascone posted an image of the work to Instagram[3] saying that it was the "talk of the town" (shown below). The image post garnered over 1,150 likes in a week. Art Net[1] quoted Cattelan in saying, "Wherever I was traveling I had this banana on the wall. I couldnā€™t figure out how to finish it [ā€¦] In the end, one day I woke up and I said ā€˜the banana is supposed to be a banana." The gallery owner and Cattelan set the work's price at $120,000 and it sold to a French buyer that night.

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Duct Tape Banana's Eating

On December 7th, 2019, New York City performing artist David Datuna took the banana off the wall and ate it (shown below).[2] The video reposted by YouTuber The Blast gained over 444,800 views in two days (shown below). Due to all the disruption surrounding the piece, Art Basel decided to temporarily take it down. [6]

The next day, 46-year-old Roderick Webber of Massachusetts was arrested for writing "Epstein Didn't Kill Himself" on the blank wall where the banana was taped. Twitter user @GiancarloSopo[5] tweeted pictures of the incident captioned, "The duct-taped banana at Art Basel is gone and has been replaced with ā€œEpstein Didnā€™t Kill Himself,ā€ which security quickly covered up" (shown below, left). The post accumulated over 6,700 retweets and 19,000 likes in a day. Another image of the wall was posted to r/pics[4] the next day and received over 100 points (83% upvoted) that day.

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Giancarlo Sopo @GiancarloSopo The duct-taped banana at Art Basel is gone and has been replaced with "Epstein Didn't Kill Himself," which security quickly covered up. ERSTIEN DIDNT KILL ERSTIEN DIDNT 10:14 PM - Dec 8, 2019 - Twitter for iPhone

Online Reaction

News of the banana's eating inspired a series of memes that joked about the artwork, expressing criticism that "Comedian" was of low quality (examples below).

l'AM A 120KS BANANA ŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠ fOO @YASMINECHUAN
samuelowen Barbara Segal Crowned Jewels, 2019 Blue Andes Onyx, Rubies. White Sapphires, Pearls, Gold teaf over silver 19 x 18.5 x 9 in. $120,000 $120,000 SAMUEL OWEN GALLERY
CommemorateEtikanetwork @FandomTrash264 Replying to @CBSNews Found a Banana Duct taped to a wall in the NYC subway stations today because of this Vat 11:49 PM Ā· Dec 7, 2019 - Twitter for Android

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External References

[1] Artnet ā€“ Maurizio Cattelan Banana Art

[2] Miami Herald ā€“ Art Basel

[3] Instagram ā€“ sarahecascone

[4] Reddit ā€“ r/pics

[5] Twitter ā€“ GiancarloSopo

[6] NYTimes ā€“ Banana Removed

[7] Art Basel ā€“ Miami Beach

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Duct Tape Banana

Duct Tape Banana

Updated Dec 11, 2019 at 10:11AM EST by Y F.

Added Dec 09, 2019 at 10:01AM EST by Sophie.

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Overview

Duct Tape Banana refers to the Art Basel Miami Beach exhibition featuring Maurizio Cattelan's piece entitled "Comedian," which is simply a banana duct-taped to the gallery wall. Soon after the banana sold for $120,000 in December 2019, it was eaten by a performance artist and the wall defaced with Epstein Didn't Kill Himself by a bystander.

Background

On December 3rd, 2019, Art Basel Miami Beach[7] hosted a gallery opening featuring Marizio Cattelan's piece "Comedian." The next day Art Net Journalist Sarah Cascone posted an image of the work to Instagram[3] saying that it was the "talk of the town" (shown below). The image post garnered over 1,150 likes in a week. Art Net[1] quoted Cattelan in saying, "Wherever I was traveling I had this banana on the wall. I couldnā€™t figure out how to finish it [ā€¦] In the end, one day I woke up and I said ā€˜the banana is supposed to be a banana." The gallery owner and Cattelan set the work's price at $120,000 and it sold to a French buyer that night.



Development

Duct Tape Banana's Eating

On December 7th, 2019, New York City performing artist David Datuna took the banana off the wall and ate it (shown below).[2] The video reposted by YouTuber The Blast gained over 444,800 views in two days (shown below). Due to all the disruption surrounding the piece, Art Basel decided to temporarily take it down. [6]



The next day, 46-year-old Roderick Webber of Massachusetts was arrested for writing "Epstein Didn't Kill Himself" on the blank wall where the banana was taped. Twitter user @GiancarloSopo[5] tweeted pictures of the incident captioned, "The duct-taped banana at Art Basel is gone and has been replaced with ā€œEpstein Didnā€™t Kill Himself,ā€ which security quickly covered up" (shown below, left). The post accumulated over 6,700 retweets and 19,000 likes in a day. Another image of the wall was posted to r/pics[4] the next day and received over 100 points (83% upvoted) that day.


ERSTIEN DIDNT Giancarlo Sopo @GiancarloSopo The duct-taped banana at Art Basel is gone and has been replaced with "Epstein Didn't Kill Himself," which security quickly covered up. ERSTIEN DIDNT KILL ERSTIEN DIDNT 10:14 PM - Dec 8, 2019 - Twitter for iPhone

Online Reaction

News of the banana's eating inspired a series of memes that joked about the artwork, expressing criticism that "Comedian" was of low quality (examples below).


l'AM A 120KS BANANA ŠŠŠŠŠŠŠŠ fOO @YASMINECHUAN samuelowen Barbara Segal Crowned Jewels, 2019 Blue Andes Onyx, Rubies. White Sapphires, Pearls, Gold teaf over silver 19 x 18.5 x 9 in. $120,000 $120,000 SAMUEL OWEN GALLERY CommemorateEtikanetwork @FandomTrash264 Replying to @CBSNews Found a Banana Duct taped to a wall in the NYC subway stations today because of this Vat 11:49 PM Ā· Dec 7, 2019 - Twitter for Android

Search Interest

External References

[1] Artnet ā€“ Maurizio Cattelan Banana Art

[2] Miami Herald ā€“ Art Basel

[3] Instagram ā€“ sarahecascone

[4] Reddit ā€“ r/pics

[5] Twitter ā€“ GiancarloSopo

[6] NYTimes ā€“ Banana Removed

[7] Art Basel ā€“ Miami Beach

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The word 'art' comes from the word 'artisan' which means 'someone who is skilled in a trade.' Therefor the question of 'is this art?' should really be 'did this require skill to produce?'

And this is why a lot of modern art seems ridiculous to anybody who doesn't live in the modern art community's bubble of pretentiousness; a good chunk of it didn't require much skill to make.

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When stuff like this happens, I'm not angry at the artist, I just look down my nose at the idiots who buy it. If you're an "artist" and you can get people to spend that much on something that stupid, you're a different sort of artist altogether. Such refined skill at manipulating the pretentious is something you at least have to respect.

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