• da_cow (she/her)@feddit.org
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    The funny thing about the banana taped to a wall is, that it is art simply by encouraging people to discuss what art even is.

    Pretty genius if I Am going to be honest.

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      That and the majority of people don’t know the title and if they did they would understand the humor imbedded within the work a little better.

      When I teach conceptual art in my class I always compare this to Duchamp’s Fountain. Everything that’s old becomes new again.

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        As a work of conceptual art, it consists of a certificate of authenticity with detailed diagrams and instructions for its proper display.

        I love it.