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Super stupid art

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TBRS1

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Quick story:

A while ago this "artist" duck taped a real banana to a wall and sold it for $120,000.

My memory isn't clear on the exact sequence, but either before or after it was sold, some goof accidentally ate the banana, so the story was all over the internet.

Now, in the present, the banana artist (and no, I will not bother to look up his name) has extended his creative genius by taping another banana to the wall.

This one just sold for 6.24 million dollars.

Really, really rich people seem to be kinda strange.
 
The art world has more to do with the artist's worth (or perceived worth) than the art itself quite a lot of the time. That's why a total amateur can make something really cool, or even viral, and still never make a dime, or why somebody with enough clout and status can sell "Invisible art". Yes, that's James Franco. Selling oxygen.

Of course everybody is supposed to be "shocked and appalled" at things like this, but that's just how our world works. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer, and things aren't always what they seem. Also, the more chaos and confusion people like this spread, the less likely you are to actually make something cool. If you've ever asked yourself what the coolest piece of art you've ever made was and couldn't think of anything, they won.
 
TBRS1 said:
A while ago this "artist" duck taped a real banana to a wall and sold it for $120,000.

My memory isn't clear on the exact sequence, but either before or after it was sold, some goof accidentally ate the banana, so the story was all over the internet.

Now, in the present, the banana artist (and no, I will not bother to look up his name) has extended his creative genius by taping another banana to the wall.

This one just sold for 6.24 million dollars.
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The first piece is probably more "a peeling...!"
full
 
I read somewhere that the artists intention was to shine a light on how stupid the art world can be, how people throw money at things. Don't know if that's true, if that was the intention. 🤔 But when you tape a banana to a wall and call it art, you're either making some kind of point or being very, very silly.

But anything can be art, a few years ago someone set fire to a car and then put the burnt out shell in an art exhibition and called it art. Another guy hung some wooden pallets on a wall and called it art.
 
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I always loved the story about a crew of plumbers who were renovating a rest room in a huge art gallery.
They were tearing out pipes prior to an install and instead of making a total mess of the work area, they neatly placed the corroded pipes on a canvas drop cloth outside of the room they were working in.

Lunch time hit and the crew stepped out to eat.
When they returned, a group of art critics had the tarp surrounded and were praising it for it's simplicity and the bold use of texture :rolleyes:
 
TBRS1 said:
Quick story:

A while ago this "artist" duck taped a real banana to a wall and sold it for $120,000.

My memory isn't clear on the exact sequence, but either before or after it was sold, some goof accidentally ate the banana, so the story was all over the internet.

Now, in the present, the banana artist (and no, I will not bother to look up his name) has extended his creative genius by taping another banana to the wall.

This one just sold for 6.24 million dollars.

Really, really rich people seem to be kinda strange.
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I really liked reading this story. It made me smile. 😊
 
So, if I tape a bunch of bananas to a wall, I could be a billionaire within hours. A beautiful bunch of ripe bananas, and I'll even throw in a deadly black tarantula just because.
 
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Metalhead said:
So, if I tape a bunch of bananas to a wall, I could be a billionaire within hours. A beautiful bunch of ripe bananas, and I'll even throw in a deadly black tarantula just because.
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Bananas have been done.

Be a trailblazer and tape an avocado or carrot to the wall instead.

Or go wild and nail them up!
 
TBRS1 said:
Bananas have been done.

Be a trailblazer and tape an avocado or carrot to the wall instead.

Or go wild and nail them up!
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Well, Bob Flannagan nailed his banana to a board using a carpenter nail. I will refrain from posting pictures of it here, those pictures are painful. That's what made him a famous performance artist. Now that is stupid art.
 
TBRS1 said:
Quick story:

A while ago this "artist" duck taped a real banana to a wall and sold it for $120,000.

My memory isn't clear on the exact sequence, but either before or after it was sold, some goof accidentally ate the banana, so the story was all over the internet.

Now, in the present, the banana artist (and no, I will not bother to look up his name) has extended his creative genius by taping another banana to the wall.
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Banana Taped To A Wall Sells For $6.2 Million At New York Auction
 
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