A conceptual artwork of a banana duct taped to a wall is expected to sell for more than $1.5 million at an upcoming auction in New York.
Comedian is expected to sell for more than $1.5 million at an upcoming auction at Sotheby's in New York.An artwork of a banana duct taped to a wall is expected to sell for more than $1.5 million at an upcoming auction at Sotheby's in New York.If you walk into any supermarket, you can generally buy a bunch of bananas for a few bucks.
Selfie-seeking crowds became so thick Comedian was withdrawn from view, but three editions of it sold for between $120,000 and $150,000, according to Perrotin gallery. Chloé Cooper Jones, an assistant professor at Columbia University School of the Arts, said it is worth thinking about the context. She said if Comedian is just a tool for understanding the insular capitalist art-collecting world "it's not that interesting of an idea," but she thinks it might go beyond poking fun at rich people."He's quite often looking at ways of provoking us, not just for the sake of provocation, but to ask us to look into some of the sort of darkest parts of history and of ourselves.
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