China News Service, July 30th. Taking a piece of pickled cucumber from a hamburger and throwing it on the ceiling, can this be considered art?
According to the "Guardian" report on the 27th, Australian artist Griffin (Matthew Griffin) exhibited such a work called "Pickle" at the Auckland Gallery, priced at 10,000 New Zealand dollars (about 41,791 yuan). ).
Screenshot of the British "Guardian" report.
In this regard, some people commented on "genius", others called him "idiot", and others said that when he was a teenager, he was kicked out of McDonald's by the police for doing this, "now it has become art".
Moore, the art director representing Griffin, believes that in addition to "humour", the work "Pickled Cucumber" also follows the tradition of contemporary art and questions "the way in which value and meaning are created between people".
Moore also said, "It doesn't matter how it got there, as long as someone takes it out of a burger and throws it at the ceiling, the gesture is so pure, happy...that's what makes it so wonderful."
The report mentioned that the work "Pickled Cucumber" is reminiscent of a set of works by Italian artist Cattelan called "Comedian" in 2019.
Cattelan bought bananas at a local grocery store in Miami, USA, and then taped them to the wall with waterproof tape to complete this "masterpiece".
He handed over the works to the contemporary art gallery "Perrotin", which he has collaborated with for many years, and sent them to the Art Basel Miami Art Fair in the United States.
For this set of art works, some collectors were even willing to shell out $120,000 to buy it.