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It’s from Leeum Museum of Art in South Korea. The artwork, which includes a banana duct-taped to a wall, by Maurizio Cattelan. It is part of his exhibition “WE”.
Everything looked okay until an art student decided to eat the banana and attached its peel to the wall. Reason? He was hungry. Wait, there is more. The price of the artwork is estimated to be $120,000 (Rs 1 crore).
As per a report by the BBC, the student identified as Noh Huyn-soo was hungry as he had skipped breakfast.
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Noh Huyn-soo, who studies at the Seoul National University, said, “Damaging an artwork could also be seen as an artwork, I thought that would be interesting… Isn’t it taped there to be eaten?”
Reportedly, the banana is replaced every two-three days. When Maurizio Cattelan was informed about the incident, he said, “No problem at all.”
Well, this isn’t the first time when a person decided to relish (literally) the banana art. Before this, David Datuna ate the banana after the artwork was sold for $120,000 (£91,000).
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