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Man eats £4.9m banana art work

By Editorial Board Published November 29, 2024 2 Min Read
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Man eats £4.9m banana art work

A cryptocurrency entrepreneur has saved his promise and eaten a banana he purchased for $6.2m (£4.9m).

Justin Solar snapped up viral artwork piece Comic – consisting of a single banana duct-taped to a white wall – in an public sale at Sotheby’s in New York final week.

At a Hong Kong lodge, the 34-year-old took a chunk and instructed reporters: “It’s much better than other bananas. It’s really quite good.”

After buying Comic, Mr Solar beforehand stated the piece “represents a cultural phenomenon that bridges the worlds of art, memes, and the cryptocurrency community”.

“Additionally, in the coming days, I will personally eat the banana as part of this unique artistic experience, honouring its place in both art history and popular culture,” he vowed.

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Maurizio Cattelan’s Comic debuted at an artwork pageant in 2019. Pic: AP

The piece, by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, grew to become a web-based phenomenon when it debuted at Artwork Basel in Miami Seashore in 2019, and sparked debate over whether or not it was a joke or commentary on the artwork world.

Comic was first made with a banana that price simply 25 US cents (20p) and it is not the primary time the art work has been eaten.

A efficiency artist took the banana from the wall and ate it again in 2019, and a south Korean scholar did the identical final Might.

Mr Solar can technically exchange the fruit once more, as his $6.2m buy grants him a certificates of authenticity and the authority to duct-tape any banana to a wall and name it Comic.

The entrepreneur based cryptocurrency TRON and just lately invested $30m into president-elect Donald Trump’s crypto undertaking.

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