Saturday, November 23, 2024

Day-O...Tally My Banana: Duct-Taped Banana Sells for $6.2 Million

Jim Thompson; RedState

. . ."On Wednesday, Sotheby auctioned a banana. 

"At a Miami show, Maurizio Cattelan displayed a duct-taped banana in 2019. He did it again on Wednesday:  


"EA Bucchianeri wrote in "Brushstrokes of a Gadfly" that art is in the eye of the beholder and everyone will have their interpretation. I've never read any books by Bucchianeri. But if I dropped that quote in the "right" circles (while holding a martini and wearing Italian loafers), I might be mistaken for an art collector. Or not.

"I've never been good at pretending. I used to sculpt. Sports sculptures in bronze. Only once did I submit one of my sculptures for an "award." I got an honorable mention. A participation trophy. I anticipated losing but the winning sculpture was god-awful. "That won?!" I asked my wife. She was mortified that I said it loud enough for people in the gallery to hear. I picked up my bronze award and tossed it in the trash on the way out.

"Art is subjective." . . .

Mike Harris Artwork

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