(17 Nov 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York – 11 November 2024
1. Tight detail of Comedian banana artwork
2. Medium shot of Comedian with observer
3. SOUNDBITE (English) David Galperin, Sotheby’s New York:
"We are looking at an ordinary banana and an ordinary piece of duct tape. However, what makes the ordinary extraordinary is the intention of the artist who put this together.”
4. Medium of Comedian with observer
5. SOUNDBITE (English) David Galperin, Sotheby’s New York:
"There is, simply put, no other artwork of the past hundred years that has provoked the kind of response that Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian did upon its installation at Art Basel Miami Beach in 2019.”
6. Wide of Comedian with observer
7. Tight of Comedian at angle
8. Wide of Comedian display area with observer
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York – 14 November 2024
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Chloe Cooper Jones, Columbia University:
"The fact that the comedian premiered at an art fair is a significant piece of context, as opposed to premiering in a gallery or museum context. Art fairs are extremely expensive to go to, so they are primarily going to be trafficked by art collectors."
10. Medium of Jones working at computer at her home
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Chloe Cooper Jones, Columbia University:
"It asks a question of who he wants to provoke first, or who he wants to sort of build context around this work first. If it’s art collectors, then the question is, is this work a bit of a gambit?"
12. Tight of Jones working at her home
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Chloe Cooper Jones, Columbia University:
"Are they going to gamble on a semi absurdist idea? And of course, the answer was yes, they were willing to gamble on that."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York – 11 November 2024
14. Wide of Comedian display area at Sotheby’s
15. Medium of Comedian in display area with observer
16. SOUNDBITE (English) David Galperin, Sotheby’s New York:
"One of the components of the art market for as long as it’s existed is a degree of suspending one’s disbelief."
17. Tight low angle of Comedian
18. SOUNDBITE (English) David Galperin, Sotheby’s New York:
"And the value of objects exists only based on the value that the world and that the society invests in these works of art. And so Cattelan is getting at the very heart of that discussion with Comedian."
19. Medium of Comedian decals at a sales desk inside Sotheby’s
20. SOUNDBITE (English) David Galperin, Sotheby’s New York:
"Comedian carries an auction estimate of 1 to $1.5 million.”
21. Wide of Sotheby’s reception desk
22. SOUNDBITE (English) David Galperin, Sotheby’s New York:
“What you buy when you buy Cattelan’s Comedian is not the banana itself, but a certificate of authenticity that grants the owner the permission and authority to reproduce this banana and duct tape on their wall as an original artwork.”
23. Wide of Sotheby’s business front
24. SOUNDBITE (English) David Galperin, Sotheby’s New York:
"Comedian is on view now at Sotheby’s in New York at 1334 York Avenue and will be on view until the sale on November 20th."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York – 14 November 2024
25. Pan of Jones working at home
26. SOUNDBITE (English) Chloe Cooper Jones, Columbia University:
"He’s often thought of as a sort of like trickster artist. But his work is often at the intersection of the sort of humor and the deeply macabre."
27. Wide pan of Jones working at home
28. SOUNDBITE (English) Chloe Cooper Jones, Columbia University:
29. Wide of Jones working at home
STORYLINE:
“Comedian” is expected to fetch between $1 million and $1.5 million at the Nov. 20 auction.
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