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		whywhywhywhy 34 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ireland rolls out basic income scheme for artists > banana taped to a wall Taking this on face value without the rest of his oeuvre as context and value is being disingenuous.

gruez 34 days ago [–]

Looking at the wikipedia page it looks like the "context" was "I was only pretending to be stupid". What am I missing?

whywhywhywhy 32 days ago | [–]

Yeah what a shock an artist who's previous works include a lifelike sculpture of Pope John Paul II hit by a meteor was doing something comical

https://www.perrotin.com/artists/Maurizio_Cattelan/2/la-nona...

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