UTOLEDO DEPARTMENT OF ART

Start here:

1. Read the articles below, collected from various media outlets about Maurizio Cattelan's Comedian.
New York Times
Vogue
artnet.com
NY Post
2. Write a two page+, single-spaced response to the art Basel banana. What is happening here? Is it art? Is it spectacle?
How did it become a meme? Is the eating a performance? Etc. !!

Maurizio Cattelan's Comedian, for sale from Perrotin at Art Basel Miami Beach. Photo by Sarah Cascone.

Now select an:

eve·ry·day

adjective: everyday; adjective: every-day
/ˈevrēˌdā/

happening or used every day; daily.
"everyday chores like shopping and housework"

Similar: daily, day-to-day, quotidian, diurnal, circadian

ob·ject

   noun: object; plural noun: objects
   /ˈäbjekt/
      1. a material thing that can be seen and touched.
"he was dragging a large object"

     Similar: thing, article, item piece, device, gadget, entity, body

Then consider it's place in culture.

Material and Non‐Material Culture
Sociologists describe two interrelated aspects of human culture:

the physical objects of the culture

Material culture refers to the physical objects, resources, and spaces that people use to define their culture. These include homes, neighborhoods, cities, schools, churches, synagogues, temples, mosques, offices, factories and plants, tools, means of production, goods and products, stores, and so forth. All of these physical aspects of a culture help to define its members' behaviors and perceptions. For example, technology is a vital aspect of material culture in today's United States. American students must learn to use computers to survive in college and business, in contrast to young adults in the Yanomamo society in the Amazon who must learn to build weapons and hunt.

https://www.cliffsnotes.com/study-guides/sociology/culture-and-societies/material-and-nonmaterial-culture

the ideas associated with these objects

Non‐material culture refers to the nonphysical ideas that people have about their culture, including beliefs, values, rules, norms, morals, language, organizations, and institutions. For instance, the non‐material cultural concept of religion consists of a set of ideas and beliefs about God, worship, morals, and ethics. These beliefs, then, determine how the culture responds to its religious topics, issues, and events.

Research it.

15 objects/15 solutions

COVID-19 virus image from WESM 91.3.org website

Due to the COVID-19 virus social distancing and shelter-at-home orders, our annual BAVA Exhibition was cancelled. The BAVA students moved their exhibition online for your "safe" viewing .

Image source: https://www.wesm913.org/post/md-gov-issues-stay-home-order-amid-covid-19-crisis