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Maurizio Cattelan’s duct-taped banana, titled “Comedian,” is displayed at Sotheby’s in New York on Nov. 8. For most art-world buyers, a work unsubtly called “Comedian” lacked a certain ...
Comedian is a 2019 artwork by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan.Created in an edition of three, it appears as a fresh banana affixed to a wall with duct tape.As a work of conceptual art, it consists of a certificate of authenticity with detailed diagrams and instructions for its proper display.
A cel, short for celluloid, is a transparent sheet on which objects are drawn or painted for traditional, hand-drawn animation. Actual celluloid (consisting of cellulose nitrate and camphor) was used during the first half of the 20th century. Since it was flammable and dimensionally unstable, celluloid was largely replaced by cellulose acetate.
John James Held Jr. (January 10, 1889 – March 2, 1958) was an American cartoonist, printmaker, illustrator, sculptor, and author.One of the best-known magazine illustrators of the 1920s, his most popular works were his uniquely styled cartoons which depicted people dancing, driving, playing sports, and engaging in other popular activities of the era.
The New York City fruit vendor who sold an ordinary banana that was duct-taped to a gallery wall inside Sotheby’s and sold for a whopping $6.2 million was devastated to learn that he was made ...
Images of the artwork were posted on his website, Facebook and YouTube. On the left, “Banana & Orange” by Joe Morford. On the right, “Comedian” by Maurizio Cattelan.
Rejected makes heavy use of surreal humor, such as in this scene that uses a giant spoon and an anthropomorphic banana to advertise the Family Learning Channel. The film takes place over four segments and is initially introduced as a collection of unaired promo interstitials for the fictional "Family Learning Channel." The "advertisements" are ...
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