Hungry Visitor Eats $120,000 Banana "Sculpture" At Miami's Art Basel
美國巴塞爾藝術展售價12萬的香蕉被吃了
A duct-taped banana was priced and sold at $120,000 recently at Art Basel Miami. More surprisingly, it was eaten by a performance artist David Datuna soon after the deal.
一根被防水膠帶貼在牆上的香蕉在邁阿密巴塞爾藝術展上以12萬美元成交。但沒過多久，它就被行為藝術家戴維·達圖納吃了。
英語原文
Entitled "Comedian," the "sculpture" is the first new work debuted by renowned Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan in 15 years.
Cattelan, who often hangs the tropical fruit in his hotel room for inspiration, initially thought of crafting a banana using resin or bronze, but then decided the real fruit would better represent his message.
The gallery said there were three editions, and that two had already sold for around $120,000.
Organizers later announced that the installation had been removed altogether amid public safety concerns.
Cattelan is known for sculptures that challenge popular culture.
One of his artworks -- an 18-carat-gold toilet valued at around $6 million -- made headlines in September when it was ripped out of a wall and stolen from Bleinheim Palace in England.
漢語對照
命名為《喜劇演員》的這個作品是著名義大利藝術家毛裡·卡特蘭15年來首次參展作品。他經常在酒店房間掛上熱帶水果來汲取靈感。卡特蘭最早設想是想做形狀像香蕉的雕塑品，用樹脂或青銅質；最後還是決定用實物來傳達說要表達的意思。他一共有三款作品，其中兩款以12萬美元成交。考慮到安全原因，展商已經撤下了其他作品。卡特蘭的藝術創作一直具有「異想天開」的特色，他的作品包括一座價值600萬美元的「18K黃金馬桶」，這座馬桶九月也因其在英國布倫海姆宮展出時被偷而登上了熱搜。
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