被粘在牆上後，一根香蕉賣出了12萬美元，而且還被吃掉了！
一根香蕉粘在白牆上，就賣出了12萬美元的高價，而且已經賣出了三根！你能相信嗎？讓畫廊老闆偷笑的是，這件藝術品完全不用擔心失竊，因爲它就是一根普通香蕉。
Art collectors are going bananas over an artwork that essentially consists of a real banana duct-taped to a white wall at an art gallery, with some paying as much as $120,000 for it.
在一個畫廊內，藝術品收藏家們正爲一根被貼在白色牆壁上的香蕉而瘋狂，這件所謂的藝術品竟售出了高達12萬美元（約合人民幣84.4萬元）的天價。
go bananas: 發瘋，（激動得）發狂
Titled “Comedian”, the original artwork by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan was on sale last week from Parisian gallery Perrotin, at the Art Basel festival in Miami. The first edition of the artwork was snatched up by a French art collector for the mind-blowing price of $120,000, and according to gallery owner Emmanuel Perrotin a second edition of Comedian was already sold for the same dizzying price. After successfully selling two bananas for a total of $240,000, the artist and the Perrotin gallery owner decided to up the price of the third edition to $150,000.
這件由意大利藝術家莫瑞吉奧·卡特蘭創作的原始藝術品名爲“喜劇演員”，上週在邁阿密巴塞爾藝術展上由貝浩登畫廊出售。該藝術品的第一版被一位法國藝術品收藏家以驚人的12萬美元的價格買走，據畫廊老闆伊曼紐爾·貝浩登稱，第二版“喜劇演員”也已經以同樣令人暈眩的價格售出。在以24萬美元的總價成功賣出兩根香蕉之後，這位藝術家和貝浩登畫廊老闆決定將第三版的價格提高到15萬美元。
"We already sold it!” a triumphant Emmanuel Perrotin told reporters. “It’s a miracle; I don’t know how this happened!”
得意洋洋的伊曼紐爾·貝浩登告訴記者說：“我們已經把它賣出去了！這是一個奇蹟，我都不知道這是怎麼發生的！”
Apparently Cattelan is considered somewhat of a prankster in the art world, but Perrotin Gallery insists that the artwork currently causing such a stir in the art world is no joke. In fact, the artist allegedly came up with the idea for Comedian last year, and spent a lot of time considering every aspect of the artwork, from the shape of the fruit, to the angle it's been duct-taped to the wall, to the size of the wall itself. He even considered using a fake banana in the beginning.
顯然卡特蘭在藝術界被視爲惡作劇者，但貝浩登畫廊堅持認爲目前這件在藝術界引起轟動的藝術品並不是個玩笑。事實上，據稱這位藝術家去年想到了“喜劇演員”這個點子，並花了很多時間來考慮這件藝術品的各個方面，從水果的形狀到用膠帶貼在牆上的角度，再到牆本身的大小。他一開始甚至還考慮使用假香蕉。
prankster[ˈpræŋkstər]: n. 愛開玩笑的人；頑皮的人；惡作劇的人
"Every time he traveled, he brought a banana with him and hung it in his hotel room to find inspiration,” a statement from Perrotin Gallery stated. “He made several models: first in resin, then in bronze and in painted bronze, finally coming back to the initial idea of a real banana.”
貝浩登畫廊在一份聲明中提到：“每次出門旅行時，他都會帶上一根香蕉，並將其掛在酒店房間中以尋找靈感。他製造了很多種模型：首先是樹脂材質，然後是青銅和彩繪青銅，最後纔回到了最初的想法，那就是真正的香蕉。”
If you’re trying to figure out how the artist and his gallery settled on the price of $120,000 for Comedian, they apparently tried to strike a balance between an amount that would have been considered insignificant, and one that people would think of as outlandish. And they succeeded…
如果你想弄清楚這位藝術家及其畫廊爲何將“喜劇演員”的價格標爲12萬美元，他們顯然試圖在一個被人們視爲微不足道的金額與被人們視爲過於離奇的金額之間取得平衡，並且成功了。
Comedian has been a hit at Art Basel Miami, with visitors queuing up to snap selfies with it, but organizers aren’t worried that the expensive artwork might get stolen. Should that happen, they already have another banana on hand. After all, without Maurizio Cattelan’s certificate of authenticity it’s just a banana duct-taped to a white wall.
“喜劇演員”在邁阿密巴塞爾藝術展上大受好評，參觀者們甚至排隊與之自拍合影，但主辦方並不擔心這件昂貴的藝術品可能被盜。如果出現這種情況，他們隨時準備好再貼上另一根香蕉。畢竟如果沒有莫瑞吉奧·卡特蘭的真品證書，那隻不過是一根被粘在白牆上的普通香蕉而已。
然而，這件荒唐事到這裏還沒完……
12月7日，這根藝術圈最火的香蕉被一個叫大衛·達圖納（David Datuna）的行爲藝術家摘下來吃了，還在Instagram上大呼“美味”。
An artwork of an overripe banana duct-taped to a wall that sold for $120,000 has been eaten by a separate performance artist.
一根用膠帶粘在牆上的熟透了的香蕉——以12萬美元售出的藝術品——已經被一名獨立的行爲藝術家吃掉。
The artwork, titled Comedian, by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, was on display at the international gallery Perrotin at Art Basel in Miami.
意大利藝術家莫瑞吉奧·卡特蘭創作的這件名爲“喜劇演員”的藝術品當時正在邁阿密巴塞爾藝術展的貝浩登國際畫廊展位上展出。
Three buyers bought the limited-edition pieces of the banana art this week.
本週已有三位買主買走了這款限量版香蕉藝術品。
But performance artist David Datuna pulled it from the wall, peeled it and devoured it on Saturday.
但是週六（12月7日）那天，行爲藝術家大衛·達圖納將香蕉從牆上撕下來，剝了皮大口吃掉。
"Art performance by me. I love Maurizio Cattelan artwork and I really love this installation. It's very delicious," Mr Datuna posted on Instagram.
達圖納在Instagram上發帖稱：“這是我的藝術表演。我喜愛莫瑞吉奧·卡特蘭的作品，也很喜歡這件藝術品。香蕉非常美味。”
Despite the initial anger of a member of staff, the banana was swiftly replaced and no further action will be taken.
儘管畫廊的一名職員最初很惱火，但很快便更換了香蕉，也沒有采取後續行動。
The art reportedly comes with a certificate of authenticity, meaning owners can replace the banana.
據報道這件藝術品帶有真品證書，這意味着買主可以更換香蕉。
"[Datuna] did not destroy the art work. The banana is the idea," Lucien Terras, a director at the gallery, told the Miami Herald.
畫廊的一名主管呂西安·特拉斯告訴《邁阿密先驅報》說：“達圖納沒有毀掉這件藝術品。香蕉是個創意。”
Police were later deployed to guard the replacement banana.
後來畫廊部署了警員，來守衛那根香蕉替代品。
