As with any blog I write regarding ridiculous fucking art.
I always include this clip from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
If the right people say the art is good art, then it’s good art.
That’s about all there is to it.
No definitely not smarter… Idk what this article made me feel honestly… Mostly just poor.
The banana was swiftly replaced, and no further action was taken.
So the $6.2M banana he ate isn’t the same banana he bought?
Well of course not.
It couldn’t be.
Bananas rot almost instantly.
But then what does the owner of the art actually own?
Or does the duct tape get replaced too?
So they just receive the coveted instructions on how to replace the banana when it rots?
Because aside from the instructions, this art isn’t even a tangible thing.
It’s just the idea of (or the act of?)
taping a banana to a wall.
This is the 3rd time the exhibit’s banana has been eaten.
But eating the banana doesn’t destroy the art.
It only makes the art stronger.
It adds to the art’s history.
So what exactly is that $6.2 million attached to?
What is it backed by?
He wouldn’t be out any money.
I wouldn’t have sledgehammered away $6.2 million worth of property.
In anything the price of the art would probably go up.
It’d make for great banana art lore.
If you want to be the banana guy then you have to buy the rights from him."
It’s all insane.
It’s nothing more than bored rich people passing their money around.
It truly is something made for laundering money.
The only thing the money is “attached to” or “backed by” is an idea.
And maybe a set of instructions.
That idea is worth however much money the rich art people want to put on it.
Which I guess is similar what NFT’s are.
And I guess that’s the kinda the point that Mr. Sun is trying to make.
To draw parallels between NFT’s and art.
Maybe he’s trying to shine a light on how fucking stupid the world of art is.
That’s my main takeaway from this.
The world of art is stupid.
Rich people are so bored.
I’m sure Justin Sun will hold onto his $6.2 million for a while.
Then they’ll get to do the banana thing for a while.
It’ll be sold a few more times.
The price will keep going up.
