Banana Splits: Spoiled by its own success, the $120, 000 fruit is gone
消失的香蕉：被其成功所累，這隻12萬美金的水果不見了
The banana that consumed the art world has taken early retirement.
徵服了藝術界的那根香蕉提前退休了。
Artist Maurizio Cattelan - whose fruit pinned to the wall with gray duct tape was sold three times at Art Basel Miami for $120, 000 to $150, 000 each time一and his gallery Perrotin announced Sunday, the last day of the fair, that the banana had been removed from its booth because of the Mona Lisa-like attention it was getting.
藝術家莫瑞吉奧.卡特蘭的作品一被 灰色強力膠帶固定在牆上的香蕉，在邁阿密巴塞爾藝術展上被出售了3次，每次都以12至15萬美元的價格成交。而藝術家本人和他的代理畫廊貝浩登在周日(展覽最後一天)宣布，由於受到《蒙娜麗莎》級別的關注，那根香蕉已經被撤展了。
The announcement followed an incident in which a New York City-based performance artist, David Datuna, pulled the banana off the wall and ate it.
這則公告發出之前，來自紐約的行為藝術家大衛.達圖納把香蕉從牆上摘下來吃了。
The disruption caused by the piece, titled 「Comedian,」 became serious business, requiring special security guards dedicated to the banana and stanchions to manage the lines.
這件名為《喜劇演員》的作品所引發的騷亂帶來了「嚴重後果」，現場派了專]的保安負責這根香蕉(的安全)，還增設了排隊的欄杆。
According to the gallery, Datuna's stunt did not actually destroy the artwork or whatever monetary value it might have had at that moment. The three buyers who collectively spent about $390, 000 on the taped fruit had bought the concept of the piece, which comes with a certificate of authenticity from the artist, along with installation instructions. Itis up to the owners to secure their own materials from hardware and grocery stores and to replace the banana, if they wish, whenever it rots. After Datuna consumed the banana, the gallery taped another one to the wall.
畫廊方面表示，達圖納的驚人之舉並未真的毀掉這件作品或者該作品此前所保有的市場價值。在這個用膠帶固定的水果上總共花了約39萬美金的那三位買家，買下的是這件作品的創意。買家們同時還會得到一份來自藝術家的真品證書和安裝說明。什麼時候香蕉腐爛了，只要主人希望，可以選擇把自己從五金店和雜貨店買來的材料貼上去代替那根香蕉。就在達圖納吃了那根香蕉後，畫廊用膠帶貼了一根新的上去。
Cattelan, an Italian artist known for his satirical takes, first conceived of the work as a banana-shaped sculpture. But after testing several materials, including resin, bronze and painted bronze, he decided to use a real store- bought banana.
卡特蘭是一位以詼諧諷刺的奇思妙想而著稱的義大利藝術家。最開始他對於這件作品的設想是做一個香蕉形狀的雕塑。但是在嘗試了包括樹脂、青銅和彩繪青銅在內的很多材料之後，他決定使用一根商店買的真香蕉。