A performance artist who ate a banana taped to a wall that was an artwork valued at $120,000 said his actions were not vandalism and he does not regret his snack at Art Basel in Miami Beach, Florida. Artist Maurizio Cattelan's piece - a banana duct-taped to a wall and called "Comedian"
NEW YORK - A performance artist who ate a banana taped to a wall that was an artwork valued at $120,000 said his actions were not vandalism and he does not regret his snack at Art Basel in Miami Beach, Florida.
Artist Maurizio Cattelan's piece - a banana duct-taped to a wall and called"Comedian" - sold for $120,000. "First of all, I very respect this artist. For me, he is one of the top artists in the world," Datuna said."And I think this is the first one in art history when one artist eat concept for another artist. People ask me, you eat banana? Physically is was banana, but banana is just a tool. So usually I eat the concept of the art.""So it's not like, again, vandalism. It was art performance from me. And absolutely, I'm not sorry," he said.
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