Hungry art student eats iconic banana artwork at Korean museum


By AGENCY

A close-up detail of 'Comedian' (a banana duct-taped to the wall) by Maurizio Cattelan at Leeum Museum of Art. Photo: Leeum Museum of Art

Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan's iconic art piece - a ripe banana duct-taped onto a wall - on display at an art museum in Seoul, was eaten by a college student in an act which he described as "artwork."

The student ate the banana from Cattelan's Comedian at around 1pm, last Thursday. The work is part of Cattelan's solo exhibition WE currently running at the Leeum Museum of Art, according to the private museum.

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