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A South Korean art student ate a banana that was part of an exhibition by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan at the Leem Art Museum in Seoul. The young man, named Noh Huyn-soo, argued to different media that he did it because he was “hungry” as he had skipped breakfast.
The work titled ‘Comedian’, had already gone viral in 2019 when it was presented at the Art Basel Miami Beach fair. At that time, said work was sold for $120,000, something that upset the artist David Datuna, which is why he took the banana off the wall and ate it, assuring that Cattelan “was a genius, but he didn’t agree with the amount of money he earned with a banana that cost 20 cents,” TN reports.
This time, the young South Korean was videotaped by a friend as he removed the banana taped to a museum wall and ate it in front of visitors. He then reattached the peel using the tape and calmly walked away.
Despite initially saying he ate it because he was hungry, hours after the incident, young Noh Huyn-soo told KBS, he “saw Cattelan’s work as an act of rebellion against authority. There may be another rebellion against rebellion, as damaging a work of art can also be seen as a work of art. I thought that would be interesting…. Isn’t it stuck there to be eaten?” the young man stated.
When the artist found out about the incident he assured that “There was no problem”, as the fruit is changed every 2 or three days.What do you think?
