After spending a whopping 6.2 million of dollars in one work of art consisting of a banana stuck to a wall with adhesive tape, a businessman Chinese-American kept his promise and ate it this Friday. “It’s really very good,” he commented.
In a luxurious Hotel in Hong Kong, Justin Sunfounder of the platform cryptocurrencies Tron devoured the fruit in front of dozens of journalists and influencers.
Before doing so, the businessmanin his early 30s, offered a speech in which he rated the work of art “iconic” and compared the concept art and the cryptocurrencies.
“It’s much better than the others bananas“he declared after trying the first bite. “It’s really very good,” he added emphatically.
The work consists of a banana attached to a wall with a piece of silver adhesive tape. Titled “Comedian”, it was created by the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelanknown for its provocative and iconoclastic character.
A million-dollar auction
Last week it was auctioned in New York for 6.2 million of dollars (5.9 million euros) in a sale organized by the house Sotheby’s.
Justin Sun confessed to having felt “disbelief“during the first ten seconds after winning the auction. In the next ten seconds he decided that he would eat the banana.
“Eat it for a news conference can also be part of the history of this work of art“he explained on Friday.
- The work exists in three copies and is designed to question the notion of art and his worth. Since its first exhibition in 2019 in Miami, it has generated enormous debate.
The owner receives a certificate of authenticity and instructions for replacing the banana when it begins to decompose.
Comparisons
On Friday, Justin Sun compared conceptual works as “Comedian” with him art NFT (non-fungible token, a unique digital asset) and technology blockchain decentralized.
“Most of these objects and ideas exist as intellectual property and in Internetinstead of something physical,” he noted.
Justin Sun announced this week a investment of 30 million dollars in World Liberty Financiala lending and investment platform in cryptocurrencies backed by former US president Donald Trump.
As a memory of eventeach of the assistants received a roll of duct tape and a banana.
