A Miami couple who bought a headline-grabbing banana duct-taped to a wall have acknowledged the absurdity of the artwork, but say they believe it will become an icon. 9News
Billy and Beatrice Cox said in a statement that they spent more than US$100,000 on the "unicorn of the art world" after seeing "the public debate it sparked about art and our society."talk of last week's Art Basel Miami
"We are acutely aware of the blatant absurdity of the fact that "Comedian" is an otherwise inexpensive and perishable piece of produce and a couple inches of duct tape," the Coxes said. "Ultimately we sense that Cattelan's banana will become an iconic historical object." Gallery owner Emmanuel Perrotin poses next to Italian artist Maurizio Cattlelan's "Comedian" at the Art Basel exhibition in Miami Beach, Florida.
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