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This is a reflexion I made to a friend yesterday: the banana doesn't improve the state of art over Duchamp's Fountain. The real artist, in this case, is the guy

• blitzar 2y ago
  They are artists all the way down.
  • deadbabe 2y ago
    Now someone must eat the artist who ate the banana, for several million dollars.
    • blitzar 2y ago
      An artist has to tape them to a wall first.
      • dghlsakjg 2y ago
        I'll do it. But not for less than $12mm
        • blitzar 2y ago
          I am an artist. I would do it for the sake of art (and $10mil)
          • disqard 2y ago
            ...but who will be left holding the (body)bag?
• burkaman 2y ago
  The guy that bought it is not an artist, he was just trying to distract from some good-old-fashioned corruption: https://popular.info/p/a-chinese-national-charged-with-fraud https://popular.info/p/a-chinese-national-charged-with-fraud Based on the coverage of his purchase it seems like he succeeded.
  • kazinator 2y ago
    A con artist is a kind of artist, right?
    • red-iron-pine 2y ago
      arguably, the only art that matters in 2024