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Footage shows Noh Huyn-soo unpeeling and eating piece of fruit in work by Maurizio Cattelan before reattaching skin to wall
Banana drama: ‘hungry’ South Korean student eats $120,000 artwork
A South Korean art student who ate a banana that formed part of a renowned installation by the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan said he did so because he was “hungry”.
Noh Huyn-soo was filmed brazenly removing the banana, which was duct-taped on to a wall at the Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul, unpeeling it and eating it in front of stunned onlookers before reattaching the banana skin to the wall using the same tape and walking off with a satisfied grin.
The banana, part of Cattalan’s Comedian installation, gets replaced every two or three days.
Cattalan, a sculptor and performance artist based in New York, was reportedly informed about the incident and simply replied: “No problem.”
It is not the first time a banana from the work has been scoffed. During the work’s debut exhibit at Miami Art Basel in 2019 a banana was removed and eaten by the performance artist David Datuna.
Source: The Guardian May 1,2023
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