But is it Art?

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I saw this piece of art on the TV, I’ve drawn it because there  will be copyright on the image and I just wanted to illustrate it.

I was only half watching the TV so I didn’t get the artists name, I think I heard that it is a banana taped to the wall. I think there were more than one and they were sold for $130,000? Each!

I don’t understand the ethos behind them. I think that it is art, but I feel a bit concerned as well, I’m not sure anyone should pay that amount for something so ephemeral. Do you change the banana when it rots or the tape when it loses its tackyness. Does it have worth because it has only a short lifespan? Can it be compared with the Mona Lisa.

In the same way as the ‘this is not a pipe’ painting was ridiculed in the past, could this be working off the same premise?

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      4. No, you didn’t give that impression. Don’t worry. Some guy told me it was funny this morning. (yawn) He must be VeRrRrY HiP!1!
        ( I see lately, if you mix upper and lower case that means sarcasm.)hahahaha Have a good day Christine

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  3. LOL, I’ve seen numerous jokes about this on my artist groups the last few days. It is amusing and sad all at the same time when those of us who really put our heart and soul into our art struggle to get by.

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