Banana duct-taped to a wall sells for $6.2m at auction
The controversial art piece, called Comedian, has been bought by a prominent cryptocurrency entrepreneur. After laying out millions, he says he's going to eat the banana.
Now Justin Sun, founder of cryptocurrency platform TRON, has paid $6.2m at an auction for a certificate of authenticity that gives him the authority to duct-tape a banana to a wall and call it "Comedian."
The controversial art piece, called Comedian, has been bought by a prominent cryptocurrency entrepreneur. After laying out millions, he says he's going to eat the banana.
Now Justin Sun, founder of cryptocurrency platform TRON, has paid $6.2m at an auction for a certificate of authenticity that gives him the authority to duct-tape a banana to a wall and call it "Comedian."
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Back in the 1970s I was with a group of friends looking round an exhibition of visual and conceptual art by university students. The usual stuff, some of it a bit interesting: things photographed from odd angles, flippant social commentary, a lot of "peace not war" themes.
We turned a corner and found a big pile of junk and litter, as if workmen had been busy and just stacked everything up and departed. A step-ladder, some old crisp packets, piles of bent nails in a film of paint on a sheet of cardboard. A pity, we thought, that they hadn't tidied it all away properly so the public couldn't see it. Or maybe, one of us said, we had taken a wrong turning...
Then, all of us at the same time, we realised.
Justin Sun.
That's what my dear old dad used to say when I rang to see if he was home okay after one of our regular six pint sessions.
David Miliband must be feeling so proud...
Sam - and so easy to do, no wonder art attracts those prepared to blag it. If I'm quick I could possibly sell a snowy installation to the local council.
Nobby - ha ha - it's a long time since I managed six pints.
Scrobs - yes, finally worth something.
Somehow I am irresistibly reminded of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOn2i1XRTcQ
The boss of a company I used to work for, once paid a lot of money for something that looked like a torn cement bag suspended from the ceiling on a couple of pieces of string.
Unfortunately the cleaners took the same view and tidied it away into the skip. Oops!
Van Gough and Monet died penniless and some idot rakes it in with a banana?
I'm considering walking into a gallery with a wellington boot in a ziplock bag, but I'm guessing they don't let just anyone create this kind of art
Macheath - oh no, maybe it's plagiarised art!
Peter - oops indeed. I hope the cleaners rubbed it in by offering to knock up another two.
Bucko - you could have a go at looking really confident and arty and say something like "Where do I exhibit this, darlings?"
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