Pickle Art

To quote from a news report:

Oftentimes, in art galleries, the question of whether an object is an artwork leaves onlookers in a pickle. In the case of one show in New Zealand, the object in question actually is a pickle.

For the exhibition, Australian artist Matthew Griffin plucked a pickle from a McDonald’s cheeseburger and slapped it to the ceiling of the gallery. The piece is just the size of a quarter but comes with a price tag worth much more: NZ$10,000 ($6,200).

The artwork, simply called Pickle, is on view now at Auckland’s Michael Lett Gallery in group show presented by Griffin’s dealers, Fine Arts Sydney.

Furthermore:

The lucky buyer of Griffin’s artwork won’t be given the exact pickle, but rather instructions for how to recreate the artwork in their own space—a gesture that elevates the object beyond those that could be found on any McDonald’s ceiling.