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Thread: Banana Duct Taped To A Wall
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08-12-2019 09:56 PM #1
Banana Duct Taped To A Wall
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08-12-2019 11:38 PM #2
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Whenever I'm travelling I like to visit an art gallery or exhibition, I like to think I can understand why things are valued and apreciated as art, however when I read the below quote from that article...
"The banana is many things - a symbol of global trade, a witty double entendre, and a classic device for humour.
"Maurizio takes mundane objects and transforms them into vehicles of both delight and critique."
... I ask myself how? How in the holy **** is taping a banana to a wall a symbol of all of that?
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09-12-2019 01:17 AM #3This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Actually that isn't true.Last edited by Hibernia&Alba; 09-12-2019 at 01:30 AM.
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09-12-2019 02:31 AM #4This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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09-12-2019 07:25 AM #5This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
You're right, but we live in an impressionist era where big windaes are glass curtains so anything is possible.
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09-12-2019 09:46 AM #6
A "performance artist" has now eaten it ...
https://news.sky.com/story/banana-ta...crowd-11881268
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09-12-2019 11:20 AM #7
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The so called artist who so called created it did it as a tongue in cheek statement about the stupidity of modern art.
It was never meant to be taken seriously................
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09-12-2019 11:24 AM #8
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Almost as outrageous as the sums Jack Vetteriano gets for his colouring ins.
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09-12-2019 05:36 PM #9
Maurizio Cattelan is very clever. He's intentionally provocative and sometimes he just takes the piss. It seems plenty have fallen for it hook, line and sinker on this occasion.
PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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09-12-2019 05:57 PM #10This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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12-12-2019 01:45 PM #11This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
When in reality, it's a f***ing banana taped to wall.
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13-12-2019 01:13 PM #12This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The essence of a work of art boils down to the idea or concept which the artist is trying to convey. The importance or value of the work is shaped largely by how much someone is willing to pay to own the idea or to keep the idea in existence. There is little or no value in the ingredients of a work of art.
It is too easy to dismiss modern art as a con or piss take.
On a lighter note, I prefer to have my banana, sliced in a bowl of muesli with a splash of milk.:
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13-12-2019 01:54 PM #13This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
When Damien Hirst was producing his 'Spots' works every other person said 'I could have done that, it's just some circles'. The key point is thought that none of them did do it. Hirst did. He had the idea, he executed it, he sold the idea and the concept. The actual technical difficulty of the work wasn't what drove the value it was the concept behind it and the story: 'To create that structure, to do those colours, and do nothing'.
If you showed someone with no idea of what they were looking at an image of, as na example, Picasso's 'Three Musicians' I wonder how many would realise it was the work of one of the most celebrated, collectible and financially lucrative artists who had ever lived. Number 17A by Jackson Pollock sold for over $200M, at it's base level it's some paint splashed on a canvas, but it's not; it's much, much more than that,PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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13-12-2019 04:00 PM #15This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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