Hungry student finds Maurizio Cattelan’s RM535,000 banana ripe for the taking at Korea museum

Maurizio Cattelan's Comedian – a banana duct-taped to a wall – will be on display at South Korea's Leeum museum till July 16. - PHOTO: LEEUM MUSEUM OF ART via The Korea Herald/ANN

SEOUL, April 30 (The Korea herald/ANN): Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan’s iconic art piece Comedian – a ripe banana duct-taped to a wall and on display at an art museum in Seoul – was eaten by a college student in an act he described as “artwork”.

The student ate the fruit on Thursday. The work is part of Cattelan’s solo exhibition WE currently running at the Leeum Museum of Art.