Michael Lett Gallery in Auckland guests exhibition from Galeria Fine Arts in Sydney. One of the works at the exhibition was performed by the Australian artist Matthew Griffina and you've probably already seen something similar.
The work presents a slice of cucumber removed from the cheeseburger from McDonald's. The cucumber holds the ceiling only thanks to the cheeseburger sauce. A work of art entitled simply “Pickle” costs 10,000 hole. New Zealand, or around $ 6,280 American.
“A humorous response to work is not incorrect”
Ryan Moore, director of Fine Arts in Sydney, says he understands the reactions to the work of Griffin.
– A humorous response to work is not incorrect. It's okay because it's funny, “said The Guardian.
According to Moore, “Pickle” asks questions about how people decide about the importance and values of a given object.
– In general, it is not the artists who decide whether something is an art or not – they create and do things. Whether something is valuable and significant as a work of art depends on the way we, as a society, decide to use it or talk about it – said The Guardian.
Everyone who buys “Pickle” will receive instructions on how to recreate the work in their own apartment, will also have to pay for the second hamburger from McDonald's, from which you will be able to get a replica of cucumber.
Food stuck to the wall was already art. A few years ago, the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan glued bananas to the walls and sold them for 120 thousand. hole. for art.
