© РИА Томск. TOMSK, Dec 13 – RIA Tomsk. An unusual action on banana distribution will be held at the Tomsk
Regional Art Museum on Saturday; visitors will be able to remove a banana from
the wall and eat it for a photograph in the museum, a museum employee reported
RIA Tomsk.
On the website of the museum it is specified that
recently the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan surprised the audience and
presented at the Art Basel Miami Beach fair an installation in the form of an
ordinary banana glued to the wall with tape. The artist’s work fell into the
headlines, attracted many visitors to the fair and created a wave of similar
photos on social networks. An art object called "Comedian" was sold
for 120 thousand dollars.
The agency’s interlocutor specified that the action
will be held on Saturday, December 14, during the museum’s opening hours: from
11.00 to 19.00.
"Yes, they (bananas) will be posted (on the
wall). It will be on the ground floor (of the museum) almost at the entrance.
We already have a fir-tree, a New Year’s zone is decorated, and there will be
bananas. We plan to hang a lot", – she said.
She added that for this purpose it is necessary to
come to the museum on Saturday at any exhibition or event that will be held
that day, take a photo and post it on social networks, marking the Tomsk
Regional Art Museum.