Maurizio Cattelan’s provocative installation in the form of a banana taped to the wall has attracted an extraordinary amount of attention. Sold at Sotheby’s contemporary art auction for $6.2 million (RUB 621 million – Note ed.), according to the New York Times.
A buyer was found very quickly: the auction lasted five minutes. The new owner of the art object is Justin Sun, Chinese collector and founder of the TRON cryptocurrency. He participated in the auction remotely from Hong Kong.
The lucky winner of the party received a banana, a roll of duct tape, a certificate of authenticity, and instructions on setting up the work. According to the instructions, bananas should be changed every seven to ten days, as they are a perishable product.
Sun said Cattelan’s work “represents a cultural phenomenon that bridges the worlds of art, memes, and the cryptocurrency community.” He says he will eat the banana in the coming days in “a unique artistic experience that pays homage to its place in both art history and popular culture.”
Cattelan first showed a banana taped to a wall at Art Basel in Miami Beach in 2019. The work called “Komedien” (“Comedian”) caused great repercussion.
Source: People Talk
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