A man has eaten a banana which was part of works by art Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan titled “Comedian” and sold to a French collector for $120,000. David Datuna walks up to the banana and pulls it off the wall with the duct tape attached.
“Art performance … hungry artist,” he said, as he peeled the fruit and took a bite. “Thank you, very good.”
A few bystanders could be heard giggling before a flustered gallery official whisked him to an adjoining space for questioning.
“He did not destroy the art work. The banana is the idea,” Lucien Terras, director of museum relations for Galerie Perrotin, told the Miami Herald.
As it turns out, the value of the work is in the certificate of authenticity, the newspaper reported. The banana is meant to be replaced.
Organizers had to get another replacement for the banana.
“This has brought a lot of tension and attention to the booth and we’re not into spectacles,” Terras said. “But the response has been great. It brings a smile to a lot of people’s faces.
Gallery director Peggy Leboeuf said that no legal action was planned against Datuna.
“He was not arrested, but we asked him to leave the booth and to leave the fair,” she said.
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