‘Hungry’ S. Korean student eats $120,000 banana artwork 🍌
When the museum asked for the student’s motive, Noh said that he was hungry as he had skipped breakfast.
However, he later confessed his true motives to the broadcaster KBS, saying that “damaging a work of modern art could also be [interpreted as] artwork.” Noh also said he reattached the banana peel as “a joke.”More from NextShark: ‘Could I decide I was an Asian man?’: Sen. Ted Cruz’s question during SCOTUS nominee hearing goes viral“It happened suddenly, so no special action was taken. The artist was informed of the incident but he didn't have any reaction to it,” a museum spokesperson toldThe banana is reportedly replaced every two to three days. The Italian artist is known for his satirical pieces that often provoke debates surrounding conceptual art.
In 2019, performance artist David Datuna, who considered Cattelan to be a “genius,” also took the banana that was on display at the Perrotin at Art Basel in Miami just after the artwork was sold for $120,000. Two editions of “Comedian” were sold in Miami before a third was put up for sale for $150,000.Datuna said his actions were not an act of vandalism, but rather an art performance.
“I have traveled in 67 countries around the world in the last three years, and I see how people live,” Datuna said. “Millions are dying without food. Then he puts three bananas on the wall for half a million dollars?”
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