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New art exhibit at WIZM has a-peel

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6 years ago

December 12, 2019

For a short time on Thursday, the mail room at Mid-West Family in La Crosse became an art gallery.

Following the lead of a museum in Florida, MWF traffic manager Peggy Schelbe taped a banana to a wall, as a temporary work of art.

Earlier this month, an artist duct-taped a banana to a wall at Art Basel Miami Beach.

The Florida exhibit was put up for bid, and it sold for $120,000, after which a “performance artist” ate the banana.

The La Crosse banana was taken down after a few minutes on display.

To our knowledge, it was not auctioned off.

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Brad Williams

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.