Cattelan did not expound on the meaning of the artwork to Artnet, but Perrotin told CNN that bananas are"a symbol of global trade, a double entendre, as well as a classic device for humor" and that Cattelan has form in transforming everyday objects into"vehicles of both delight and critique."about a year ago and opted to use a real banana after initially conceiving an idea for a sculpture shaped like a banana.
"America", a fully-working solid gold toilet, created by Maurizio Cattelan, is seen at Blenheim Palace on September 12, 2019 in Woodstock, England. The artwork is still missing following what police believe to be a burglary on September 14, in which the toilet, valued by some at $6 million, was taken. Cattelan's latest work has similarly set tongues wagging., a fully-functioning 18-karat solid gold toilet which is worth $6 million.
In a statement, Cattelan said in September:"I always liked heist movies and finally I'm in one of them."The gold toilet has not yet been recovered.
Shows the depths of ignorance our society has sunk to today. God help us. nocommonsense
Further proof that rich people are dumb.
I doubt why the rest of the world hates us
What does it mean though and aren’t thy concerned about the banana spoiling or is it a fake banana these questions keep me up at night
Sorry, a guy walked in and ate it.
Don’t snort a hill of cocaine before you attend an auction.
FFS! Not Enough Brains; Too Much Money!
Is it sold with or eithout the wall🤔
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Cattelan is a fake artist
I am gonna duct-tape a shoe on the wall and I am only asking for $10k. The excess would go to charity.
Tell them about the potato.
😂🤣😂🤣😂 hang on!!...I’ll go get a lot more bananas and duct tape and make lots of money off of that!! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
Crazy!
I wonder if the buyer knew something, we don’t!! The banana 🍌 is filled with small diamonds 💎? hiddengems
Somebody pulled it off the wall and ate it today.
How much for toilet paper stuck in my butts
Proof that some people have more money than brains!
The Emperor's New Art.
SundayThoughts
Have to wonder if the buyer feels sick with regret.
Yeh, not getting this, either.
And someone ate it. They replaced it with another banana
More proof the rich are not taxed enough.
I have an old orange peel stuck to the bottom of my shoe.... l want 1 mill!
Narcotics money laundering has reverted back to the 70s
Florida, of course
Sorry. Marcel Duchamp outdid him 102 years ago.
Same people that would vote for JoeBiden
Thats about as stupid as articles... kind of like the Trump tweets for Thanksgiving article
And I thought I had diminished mental capacity!
We heard
until it was eaten...
We're in the wrong business niskudave MooseCreek2015 stan0270
Saudi Arabia's MBS bought it upon learning that it's a rare piece of banana. Or art. Or whatever!
This truly proves, 'PEOPLE ARE STUPID.'🥳😀🙄😮
The contemporary art emperor has no clothes.
That money could have gone to saving 'unadoptable' dogs and cats. I'm sure we could come up with a banana and tape...
Did the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan taped the band to the wall himself or he had to use a Duct-Tape Union Member to do it.
What a time to be alive. FirstWorldProblems
New height of stupid
Or is it?
Why didn’t I think of that!!!
If anything, to me, this represents the glaring disparity between the wealthy and the poor. In the US, hundreds of thousands of people are living in tents, homeless. Yet these 2 individuals can drop $120,000 each on these absurdities.
'Bananas are a good source of several vitamins and minerals, especially potassium, vitamin B6, and vitamin C.' -- Picasso
That’s bananas!
I have 2 bananas duct taped to a 20x30 piece of drywall, anyone interested ?
Utterly ridiculous! Grandma will have to duct tape a meatball to the wall to see if this will make a million dollars.
They got the taste!
While people die because they can't afford insulin.
I would have sold mine for the discounted price of $99,999.99.
How stupid do you have to be to buy a banana duct taped to a wall for 120,000 $
Fools and their money.
Must be a really good banana
sindy1606 😶
That person was just looking for the snack bar, m’dudes. ArtBasel
BananaForPresident2020
MORE PROOF THAT SOME PEOPLE R JUST PLAIN STUPID
America is stupid on so many levels. If Picasso would have pissed in a bottle it would be sold for millions.
Minimalist in everything but price. Even more amazing is the 'artwork' will modify itself as the banana rots.
Whoever bought this is keeping Warren and Sanders up at night.
Gotta love the elite. So woke.
The banana also has its own YouTube channel
It's worth at least three times that!
From the people who brought you “wall nuts “
I could be an artist!
Fleecing the wealthy at Art Basel is a retirement plan
Good gig if you can get it. A bit like Fox News.
Peak of stupidity
And everyone wonders why the West is hated so much....
that’s how much bananas cost at Whole Foods
I hate this world
Hey! I think I have one of those in my garage.
Who was the comedian who bought it, they’ve gone bananas!
Rich people are worthless
A banana duct-taped to a wall sold for $120,000 at Art Basel Miami. So we can't judge the art price in our opinion. Because I am not an artist.
'A fool and his money are soon parted'
I’m going out on a limb to say there are better ways to spend money.
Can I Velcro myself to a wall, and get that for a medical care fund? 🤦🏻♀️
Only a rich idiot would buy that.
I kinda hate 2019.
This is a good result for those of us artists who like to stick fruit to walls.
I got a rotted out apple and some string available for 75k, will throw in some dead bugs also for another 10k.
Time to break out the guillotines
Nonsensical
Is it a real banana? Will it not go bad?
Taped-back Plantain.
The state of things.
It was Florida Man
What am I doing wrong?
Ummm..okay. I’ll have some of whatever they’re smoking.
I’m clearly in the wrong profession.
Thats money laundering.
I have a grape super glued to a fridge if anybody is remotely interested...
'So someone tapes their snack to a wall and it sells for 120k?' This is a poem buy it now for 90k.
Why don’t you all just admit you don’t understand and turn your TV on instead?
I love it when artists troll rich people like this and make critics argue about whether a banana duct-taped to wall is art or not for years and years.
Who are these people buying this stuff and how can they inject money into my bank account instead.
Translation: “Art Basel home to money laundering scheme”
For $1000 I can show up at your house and install an exact replica, banana and duct tape included.
Hamparte?
How to launder money..
The buyer will tape it again to a wall at home ? ..
Going bananas, ... ? 😳
There’s a saying about a fool and his money.
Because of course it did
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