Maurizio Cattelan\u2019s infamous art piece \u201cComedian,\u201d which consists of a banana duct-taped to a wall, recently sold for $6 million at an auction. It was a highly controversial outcome, considering that part of the art community doesn\u2019t consider it to be art and believes it is a mockery.\n\n\n\n
Artist Alireza Karimi Moghaddam recently gave his take on the controversy surrounding \u201cComedian\u201d with a powerful illustration. His work shows famous artist Vincent Van Gogh trying to sell some of his most famous paintings by duct-taping a banana over them.\n\n\n\n
The illustration likely alludes to the fact that Van Gogh managed to sell just a few of his paintings during his lifetime and died in poverty, while ephemeral pieces like \u201cComedian\u201d are now selling for crazy amounts of money.\n\n\n\n
Moghaddam also attached a fictional letter Van Gogh \u201cwrote\u201d to his brother Theo. In the latter, the famous painter informs Theo that he finally managed to sell a significant number of his paintings while admitting he \u201cstrayed a bit from my ideals and beliefs about art.\u201d\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut what can one do? The restaurant near my house doesn\u2019t care about my beliefs; it only wants money to provide me with food!,\u201d the fictional letter adds.\n\n\n\n