There's a Totally Reasonable Explanation for Those Taped Up Bananas Popping Up All Over the Place
In the wake of a taped banana taking the art world — and internet — by storm over the weekend, people are getting in on the fun by taping bananas here, there and everywhere. The taped banana, which was secured to a wall with a single piece of duct tape, began garnering attention after it debuted at Miami art exhibition Art Basel as part of an installation dubbed “Comedian” that was created by artist Maurizio Cattelan.
Three buyers paid between $120,000 and $150,000 for Cattelan’s limited-edition pieces, which came with a single banana, a certificate of authenticity and instructions on how to replace the fruit, a price point that generated even more conversation surrounding the artwork.
Now, people are taking the taped banana craze to the next level by taping bananas — and other objects — just about everywhere. Actor Brooke Shields even went so far as to duct tape a banana to her face for a photo. Anything for the ‘gram, we guess.
An expensive selfie. Great time in #miamiartweek with @nyacademyofart
A post shared by Brooke Shields (@brookeshields) on Dec 8, 2019 at 10:36am PST
See some of the stunts below.
Yeah sure some guy taped a banana to the wall but we need to push the boundaries of art further pic.twitter.com/3goLY5GwbL
— Knish🚀 (@Knishkabob) December 10, 2019
Found a Banana Duct taped to a wall in the NYC subway stations today because of this pic.twitter.com/KFSalI3GZw
— CommemorateEtikaNetwork (@FandomTrash264) December 8, 2019
Huge shoutout to the dude selling bananas taped to walls for $120,000 for making high class dorm decorations so affordable pic.twitter.com/6FcDH8njkJ
— Ethan Pozy (@TheOnlyPozE) December 9, 2019
$850,000 bunch of bananas taped on a toilet seat. Serious offers only pic.twitter.com/KzFaQrgK8k
— Johnny C (@johncarver2) December 6, 2019
I hear a banana duct taped to the wall was sold for 120k. I needed to make some money so do I have any takers for an egg taped to the wall.
Selling for the discounted price of $60,000.
DM me if interested. pic.twitter.com/Ordaje8P9n— Earl Schanzoff🇺🇲🎿🎉 (@schanzoff) December 8, 2019
For Sale - Banana Taped to Air Force 1 Low.
Bidding Starts at $100K.
Retweet’s Appreciated. pic.twitter.com/XUpDEGjWKT— Lawrence (@ArmenianKicks) December 6, 2019
Bananas duct taped is now fashion pic.twitter.com/frt0dlJbva
— design systems jina @ brooklyn/flutter interact (@jina) December 7, 2019