The banana downfall – a visual survey

Few objects signify as quick a trip to the bottom. Besides the slippery peel, there’s the flesh, which is on its own personal bullet train from ripe to rotten.  

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Adriana Lara, Installation (banana skin)  A banana skin was placed anywhere in the exhibition, Younger Than Jesus, every day by one of the security guards, the curator or a collector after eating the banana.

Frank Kozik, MechaNana, 2009. The artist describes it as a “marital aid.” (Image via)
Stefan Sagmeister, Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far, 7,200 bananas rotting on the wall during a 24-day exhibit at Deitch Projects.

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