Where's that asteroid?

[WLJ]

An art piece consisting of a banana duct-taped to a wall sold for $120,000.

And it gets better.

There were actually three editions of the piece, and a third will likely collect the highest price: $150,000.

Banana duct-taped to wall sells for $120K
https://www.wave3.com/2019/12/07/banana-duct-taped-wall-sells-k/

A banana duct-taped to a wall was sold for $120,000 at Art Basel Miami
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/art-basel-banana-duct-taped-to-wall-sells-for-120000-miami-beach-2019-12-06/

[230RN]

    

                ^       $140,000,000      ^
                         "No. 5," 1948

[WLJ]

The artist reported no clear instructions for buyers on whether the bananas start to decompose. The Miami Herald reported that owners can replace the banana, as needed.

Or they can go buy a banana at their local food mart for 50 cents and duct tape it to the wall themselves and save $119,999.50. Or better yet sent me $120,000 and I'll ship them a banana along with a piece of duct tape and detailed instructions. Overnighting extra.  

[230RN]

Shoulda done it with two apples under it.

[Hawkmoon]

   

                ^       $140,000,000      ^
                         "No. 5," 1948

When I was an undergraduate in college, I did something like that for a studio art class. I made a huge canvas, about 4 feet by 6 feet. Painted the whole thing black. Once that dried, I came into the studio late one night. High "ceiling," but there wasn't a ceiling, it was exposed steel joists and the roof deck. I had found a ladder somewhere, so I climbed up and hung an empty bucket from a joist with a rope. Once I had the canvas centered under the suspension point, I punched a nail hole in the bucket, poured in some paint, and started it swinging. Periodically I'd change colors, then start it swinging on a different trajectory.

I did it as a joke. The joke was on me -- the art department appropriated it and hung it in the lobby of the art building, where it remained for at least ten years.

Sheesh.

[230RN]

http://pollockprints.org/number-5/

"The drizzle technique if examined carefully, has achieved its effect by using a subtle mixture of yellow, white, brown and grey. Perceived as a dense bird's nest, the responses by people that were not well versed in his methods were not particularly positive."

Well, snooty youty.

I'm well-versed in Pollock's techniques because I once spilled a tray of beige paint on a dropcloth.

Hawkmoon, you might have pioneered the "Foucault Pendulum" school of painting.

I once water-painted an abstract design on the inside of the door of my dorm room, but the Resident Advisor Jackbooted Thug made me undo it when he discovered it.  Water paint, so I unhinged the whole door and took it into the showers to wash it off.  Worked fine, no harm, no foul.

I also penciled-in a bunch of cracks in the ceiling of the room.  They looked pretty realistic, but AFAIK, nobody discovered them for a while.  (Next semester three pals and I rented a house in Glen Cove (or was it Bayville?)  and I never went back to the dormitories again.)

Terry, 230RN

REFs:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foucault_pendulum
Animated, Texas A&M:
https://youtu.be/tDVgJCjhPD4

[ConstitutionCowboy]

   

                ^       $140,000,000      ^
                         "No. 5," 1948

Squint your eyes and you can see a "love" scene, as if you were a fly on the ceiling ...

Woody

PS: We need a "Count-Me-In" emoji. 

[230RN]

Nah.  Looks like a Los Angeles road map to me.



"Perceived as a dense bird's nest..."

"Bird's nest," my soft pink ass.  I gotcher bird's nest right here.

Terry, 230RN

[WLJ]

FOR SALE: ‘The Libertarian’ … Listing Price: $75,000
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/for-sale-the-libertarian-listing-price-75000/

[bedlamite]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9S-AmQgrg8

[MechAg94]

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/banana-art-basel-performance-artist-eats-banana-today-taped-to-wall-that-had-sold-for-120000-2019-12-07/

Performance artist eats banana duct-taped to wall that sold for $120,000

[Angel Eyes]

Could this be a money-laundering scheme?

[RoadKingLarry]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.express.co.uk/news/science/1214520/nasa-asteroid-tracker-news-pyramid-size-asteroid-skim-earth-space-news/amp

Close, but no cigar.
Oh well, better luck next time.

[MechAg94]

https://twitter.com/GiancarloSopo/status/1203875430803087367

The duct-taped banana at Art Basel is gone and has been replaced with “Epstein Didn’t Kill Himself,” which security quickly covered up. 😂

This is pretty good.   

[K Frame]

Art is in the eye of the beholder.

This allegedly is the most valuable painting in the world, or would be if it came into the open market.

I personally wouldn't give 5 cents for it.

[brimic]

The art world is full of exmples of 'the emporer's new clothes,' but it hit a peak with Jackson Pollack.

[Angel Eyes]

https://twitter.com/GiancarloSopo/status/1203875430803087367
This is pretty good.   

From the comments:   "Art that doesn't hang itself."

[bedlamite]

And it looks like the guards covered it up ...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ELWZC1IXUAEHQdD.jpg

[Regolith]

The art world is full of exmples of 'the emporer's new clothes,' but it hit a peak with Jackson Pollack.

Not even close....The problem with hitting peak idiot is they keep minting new idiots.

[MechAg94]

Not even close....The problem with hitting peak idiot is they keep minting new idiots.

All things considered, it is a better scam than the pyramid schemes. 

[MechAg94]

https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-arrested-after-scrawling-epstein-didnt-kill-himself-on-wall-where-120000-duct-taped-banana-exhibit-was-displayed?%3Futm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dwtwitter
Man Arrested After Scrawling ‘Epstein Didn’t Kill Himself’ On Wall Where $120,000 Duct-Taped Banana Exhibit Was Displayed

I thought the guy that ate the banana was the one who bought the art, but apparently not.  He was not arrested, but they had the guy who wrote the Epstein message arrested.

[WLJ]

[K Frame]

Oh *expletive deleted*it, that's going to spark all sorts of gender inspecific riots, with multiplte Dem candidates saying gender fluidity AND gender studies degrees are a basic human right...

[230RN]

What are the chances of that one going en banc up there in Michigan?

And what are  the general gun/anti-gun attitudes like for that state?  For example, I know if it were New York, it never would have gone that way in the first place. Anti-gun attitudes are far too deeply embedded in the NY power centers and "judiciary."  (Note the quotes.)

Same for Michigan?

Terry, 230RN

[WLJ]

Brownells Unveils Its New Modern ARt Line With ‘The Joke-AR’ Sculpture and T-Shirt
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/brownells-unveils-its-new-modern-art-line-with-the-joke-ar/