Tropic™ Taped Banana Wall Art

Name: Tropic™ Taped Banana Wall Art
Brand: CalmEden
Price: 59.90 USD
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The art-world joke, cast in solid resin.

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Great art makes you stop; the best makes you grin. This solid cast-resin banana, taped to the wall, brings the most expensive joke in modern art home at a price a normal person can justify — a duct tape banana art piece that earns its place in any room.

It does the same job here that it did in the gallery: it makes people stop, look twice, and then smile out loud.

Solid cast-resin banana
Tapes straight onto any wall
Gallery joke, everyday price
Made to make people stop and look twice

Product Info

Solid polyresin cast in one piece

Material

≈ 22 cm wide, 18 cm tall · one size

Sizes

Overview

This is a single solid casting, not an artificial fruit with something stuck on it. The banana and the tape come from the same mould, so the tape has real cut ends, real crinkles and a woven scrim texture pressed in, and the whole piece is rigid enough to lift by either end.

It goes where a picture would be slightly too serious: the end of a gallery wall, above a kitchen shelf, a downstairs toilet or the turn of a staircase. And it does one thing a real banana cannot: it stays exactly this yellow, permanently, and attracts no fruit flies.

Care

Dust with a soft, dry cloth. For more than that, wipe the yellow with a barely damp cloth and dry it at once; the lacquer is sealed but not tough, and standing moisture where fruit meets tape is where paint lifts first.

Never use solvent, alcohol wipes, kitchen degreaser or anything abrasive. They dull the yellow in patches and take the dull-aluminium finish off the tape, and both show far more than dust. Do not use furniture polish either; the sheen it leaves looks like plastic and never fully comes off.

Keep it out of long, direct sunlight: yellow pigment fades first, and it will turn pale over a few summers in a south-facing window. Kitchens are fine, and a spot back from the hob and out of the steam is better. When mounting it, clean and dry the wall first, press the adhesive strips for the full time stated on the pack, and leave it an hour before letting go.

Materials

Solid polyresin cast in one piece: the banana and the tape strip are a single casting, not two joined parts. The fruit is hand-painted in layers of ripe-yellow lacquer with brown freckling, green shading at the stem and a dark blossom tip. The tape strip is painted a dull aluminium and textured like woven duct tape, with cut ends and creases. The back of the tape strip is left flat and unpainted as the mounting face.

About 22 cm across the tape and 18 cm tall, and about 600 g as shipped. The maker publishes no dimension drawing for this piece, so these figures are worked out from the 25 × 25 × 15 cm shipping carton and should be taken as close, not exact. One size and one colourway.

No fixings are included. It is cast resin, not ceramic or bronze, so on a hard floor it chips and does not shatter, and because it is hand-painted the position of the freckles and the exact depth of the yellow vary slightly from piece to piece.

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Specifications

Material: One-piece solid cast polyresin
Sizes: ≈ 22 cm wide, 18 cm tall · one size

Shipping & Delivery

Shipping is free on every order. Delivery usually takes 4–7 days after you order. You'll get a tracking link by email once your order ships.

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Returns

You have 30 days from delivery to return unused items in their original packaging. Return shipping is your responsibility unless the item is defective. If anything arrives damaged, defective or not as described, email us a photo and we'll replace or refund it.

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Questions?

Email support@calmeden.com. We reply within 12 business hours, Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm ET.

Prefer to talk? Call +1 (775) 205-9950.

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A punchline to hang on the wall

Banana and tape are a single painted castingThe flat back of the tape hangs it levelPainted and not printed, for a real double take

Solid cast polyresinHand-painted lacquerMoulded tape strip

Nana Banana Sculpture on warm cream plaster

A joke everyone knows

At the end of a gallery wall or above a shelf it has more effect than a print three times its size, because the hand-painted yellow reads as real fruit until you are about a metre away, and only then do you get the joke.

Hands mounting the Nana Banana Sculpture on a wall

On the wall in under a minute

The back of the tape strip is flat and unpainted, about 22 cm of straight bearing surface. Two or three adhesive mounting strips hold it level on plaster, tile or painted board. There is no drill, no bracket and no stud to find, and it lifts off when you want the wall back.

What it is, in plain terms

Cast polyresin, painted by hand, about 22 cm across. Its limits: it is resin and not ceramic or bronze, so it chips if it hits a hard floor; the freckling and the depth of the yellow vary a little from piece to piece because it is hand-painted; and no fixings come in the box.

4.7 / 5 ★★★★★

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From recovery nights to everyday sleep, our customers choose structure that holds up.

★★★★★

Heavier and better made than expected

I was braced for a hollow plastic thing and it is genuinely solid — there is real weight to it and the tape has proper texture, you can feel the weave with a thumbnail. Went up with three sticky strips on the landing wall and has not moved in four months. The shadow it throws is a big part of why it looks right.

Daniel R.

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★★★★★

Two guests tried to take it down and eat it

Best twenty seconds of every dinner party since. Love it

Marta L.

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★★★★★

Bring your own sticky pads

Once up it is completely level because the back of the tape is flat and wide. Mine has a great freckle pattern much better then I thought, love it.

Stephen O.

Verified buyer

Help when you need it

Frequently asked questions

How does it stay on the wall?

On adhesive mounting strips, which you supply. The back of the moulded tape strip is flat and unpainted and gives about 22 cm of straight bearing surface, so two or three good strips, the removable picture-hanging kind rated for a kilo or more, hold it level. Clean and dry the wall first, press for the full time stated on the pack, and leave it an hour before letting go. There is no keyhole slot, bracket or drilling.

Are fixings included?

No, and we prefer to say so before you order than to have you find out when you open the box. Only the sculpture is shipped. Any removable adhesive wall strip rated for a kilo does the job; they cost very little, and most people already have a pack in a drawer. Adhesive does not grip well on bare plaster, textured masonry or fresh paint, so give new paint a fortnight to cure first.

What are its dimensions?

About 22 cm across the tape strip and 18 cm tall, roughly the size of a real banana, which is the point. It weighs about 600 g and stands about 4 cm out from the wall. To be straightforward: the maker publishes no dimension drawing for this piece, so these figures are worked out from the 25 × 25 × 15 cm shipping carton. Treat them as close, not exact to the millimetre.

Is the tape real?

No, and that is an advantage. It is moulded in the same casting as the banana, with cut ends, creases and a woven scrim texture pressed into the resin, and painted a dull aluminium. Real tape would yellow, curl at the edges and lose its grip within a year. This looks like tape from a metre away and stays a solid object for good.

Will mine match the photographs exactly?

The shape, size and colourway will. The freckling will not. It is painted by hand, so the position of the brown speckles, the exact depth of the yellow and the amount of green at the stem shift a little from piece to piece, and that variation is why it reads as fruit and not as a printed prop. Our photographs are styled, so judge the scale from the measurements and not from the room settings.

Can it hang in a kitchen or bathroom?

Yes to both, with some care. Resin is not affected by humidity, but keep it back from the steam above the hob and out of the direct spray of a shower, because standing moisture where fruit meets tape is where lacquer lifts first. Keep it out of long, direct sunlight too: yellow pigment fades first, and a south-facing window will pale it over a few summers.