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Publication: The Carroll News, , John Carroll University , Cleveland, OH
Many are familiar with the infamous banana duct taped to a wall in an art gallery. This piece is titled “Comedian” and was created by Maurizio Cattelan, who is also known for his sculpture of a golden toilet. Shortly after it sold for $120,000, performance artist David Datuna recorded a video of himself ripping the banana off of the wall and eating it. I like to interpret Datuna’s actions as protesting against the current standards of art. Too often do we see artwork that a child could easily replicate being sold for the same price as a house. The phrase “anything is art” is a true statement, but some folks take it to a whole new extreme. A banana duct-taped to a wall is considered art in a technical sense, but I tend to question whether this piece and others like it should really be lauded as ground-breaking or extraordinary.
I invite you to google Mark Rothko’s art. Rothko was...