‘Hungry’ South Korean student eats banana from $120,000 artwork

A South Korean art student was filmed removing a banana that formed an art installation and eating it in front of stunned onlookers, before reattaching the skin to the wall using the same tape.
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Noh Huyn-soo said he ate part of the Comedian installation by the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, which was on display at the Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul, because he was hungry.
Comedian first appeared on a wall at Art Basel Miami Beach in 2019, where the work sold for $120,000. A banana was also removed and eaten by the performance artist David Datuna during that exhibition, before being swiftly replaced by the gallery without any charges being pressed.
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[@catonpeters780]

In any other circumstance, if you were to pay $120k for a banana and some duct tape, you would be investigated for money laundering…

[@laurafabianmarrero]

Yes 😂😂😂

[@eh1702]

A great deal of the art business is precisely moneylaundering. This is how Trump got the idea of “selling” his NFTs. A way to move shady money into legit accounts. Alex Jones’s “nutritional supplement” industry is the same. Who can believe such a wrecked looking mess of a man is nutritionally sound? He has a boiler-room of people putting in “orders”.

[@spiritofsalt6780]

LOL

[@curiositycloset2359]

This is certainly money laundering. And the guardian is obviously involved.

[@mrichards55]

The Guardian should peel back the skin and find out who’s profiting from this.

[@evangelosspyromilios5994]

Finally we can say that modern art is useful

[@samgriess438]

@@annablume7565 that is his point you as.hat

[@alberteinstein8862]

unfortunately you still aren't

[@zenothing5068]

​@@alberteinstein8862 💀

[@samgriess438]

@@alberteinstein8862 and neither is any art

[@user-ni1dm2oc5v]

Well modern art is useful for creativity!

[@dreamy_loveee1271]

As an real artist ,it hurts to see that people call that an art...

[@Noa......]

Define real artist. Is art objective or subjective?

[@HaruDaRabbit]

​@Alett im a 3d artist myself so this is relatable, mine may be using 3d models but its still more creative than a banana on a wall

[@ronvardavilla8816]

Most people don’t, don’t worry. It’s just a small percentage who uses philosophy to justify their pathetic artworks.

[@BaldEagle236]

im sure your a real artist with a roblox profile picture

[@look4thestarss]

@Alett except the banana has a symbolic backstory possibly shared with/known to others then it’s not considered art. I’m guessing that’s what u mean and I agree

[@Neko85508]

He has my approval… 10/10 for using common sense and making us all laugh 😂

[@Pe1ayo]

same

[@WilderAutumnBlaze]

Wait, two gods? Hol'up There is only one. There is an impostor AMONG

[@Neko85508]

@@WilderAutumnBlaze omnipresence is a ball ache….we just are and we love you all 🤗😊

[@dingomars2962]

He is worth $120,000 now.

[@thankyou230]

Unless he had a 💩..

[@dubbyplays]

not only, there's many other parts that may value more...

[@mala1s6003]

​@cute but deadly nutella worth 120k

[@murica7095]

Isn't he technically worth a lot more , all those organs inside him

[@dubbyplays]

@@murica7095 Waiting for Black Friday to get 50% off on his liver on the Dark Market 💀

[@kylano525]

Unironically it being eaten is 20x times more thought provoking then it being left there. He made art.

[@045jerson7]

There u go King🎉🎉🎉 I'm with u in this.

[@zagaraditya890]

It happen twice, so yes its more likely the artists himself asked stranger to eat it to gain exposure

[@AdityaRaj-lf5ti]

He didn't made it yet... He'll make it the next morning

[@sporter527]

what does it mean tho? 🤔

[@realohiobuttholetickler]

@@sporter527 maybe he was trying to show how people would believe anything. He may have put the banana there hoping someone eats it to make people realize how dumb his artwork is and even more so how dumb bystanders are for even assuming it is art

[@koohpa]

0:29 this guy is an absolute legend 🤣 "it was art performance for me and absolutely not sorry"

[@mochi2550]

yess nobody talking about that line😂😂😂😂

[@jameschristopher2540]

Yep was looking for a comment mentioning that for a brief time

[@rodrigoesteves6779]

0:49*

[@vivinous]

He decided to become the art himself, truly inspirational!

[@psychlyeslg]

You become what you eat.

[@radscorpion8]

now the student is worth $120,000 :D

[@cbwavy]

Please tell me how a banana taped to a wall is $120,000. I'm genuinely confused

[@titteryenot4524]

Demand & supply. Nothing to do with the banana itself: *everything* to do with its creator.

[@RollaArtis]

Exactly in the same way that luxury brands are thought to be valuable - it's all an illusion...

[@neji-hyuga-]

Tax haven

[@truthseeker327]

somoene is willing to pay a price for that. This is capitalism for you . there is price for air too

[@user-ol7bt4wp1j]

Post modern art. That’s why.

[@alexanderalp111]

Huge respect to this student!

[@kumarvidyanshu]

Sensible person ...

[@wahidafardausy5105]

Did she had to pay. I am curious. 🤔

[@bravestant3921]

They got the kid to do it I believe. Its a part of the art piece

[@SpySxlar]

yes. food wasters.

[@Alexander..69]

​@@wahidafardausy5105 no It's a rule of museum they don't ask you for money if you ruin their art or arrest you they just ask you to leave

[@jemzomaclain]

the artist probably loves this, i feel like this kind of thing is exactly what the piece was made for

[@generichuman8224]

It's like a side mission that was never completed until now

[@budigemarbalasbudi]

The artist be like: "Ahh! Finally someone that get my message!"

[@caringheart34]

The artist, Maurizio Cattelan, has a history of using satire and humor in his arts. Perhaps it's just one way to satirize pretentious, "abstract" art or the money laundering of the rich and all? I can see the irony from a mile away here lol.

[@a__youtube__user]

Let’s be honest, this kid is a legend.

[@joemama4046]

Let’s be honest, this kid is a legend.

[@bungiecrimes7247]

Let’s be honest, this kid is a legend.

[@jjhollowed7591]

Let’s be honest, this kid is a legend.

[@66pup]

Let’s be honest, this kid is a legend.

[@Rovydoesdamage]

Let's be honest, this kid is a legend.

[@halogenic]

If you bought this masterpiece, the artist would have to come to your house at least once a week to replace the banana.

[@english3082]

For sure the banana gets rotten. When you buy this kind of "art" you're actually buying a certificate stating that you can tape a banana to your wall. (I'm dead serious)

[@english3082]

@myplaceholderaccount3509 exactly

[@lemonlimethewolf7087]

Lol no one would know unless you go posing it, but if you could get in legal trouble for posing pictures of a banana like that in your home, idk what to say it’s messed up and funny

[@pawew.6716]

​@MyPlaceholderAccount To put it simply, it would only be illegal if you put it in a public exhibition

[@JSMotivation780]

​@@english3082itsnt aktually that ridicolus if you get an laiftime sapply of banans 👍

[@onichan6526]

Man, i made so many of such arts in my childhood. I didn't know i was on the way to be a millionaire. 😂

[@shutupanddrink3960]

Next tape an apple

[@Aim201]

You should publish your art. It can leads to be rich like that lol

[@goofygooferson7834]

Nah you have to be fit certain requirements and have connections because this is a scam

[@nknown3982]

Infinite money glitch

[@Alexminecrafter1]

@@nknown3982 Well time to stick my fallout 4 on ps4 disk in a art museum and sell it for 500k

[@ReeseChown]

That act of eating the banana itself was a once in a lifetime display of performance art. He should be commended.

[@cent7169]

To those who didn't know, the banana was indeed a master piece so that everyone can be an artist because last time we rejected a great artist, WW2 occured

[@panicmosem5969]

Artists get rejected all the time. In 1907, it was noticed because of the one who was rejected. And no, it didn't cause ww2.

[@r3ked272]

That's the joke

[@FR4NKL1NCODMWII]

@@panicmosem5969 and in 1939 he banned all art school lol

[@thefuncoder9715]

@@panicmosem5969 It did.

[@ChesterManfred]

I mean, he's got a point

[@titteryenot4524]

Utterly outrageous! For this South Korean student to vandalise a priceless masterpiece like this just shows he has no Seoul.

[@rickmayabolis]

Its just bananas and ripe with indignity.

[@hesi9169]

I think you joking

[@DrRiq]

nice

[@supfaathebest]

The joke was the word soul was replaced by 'Seoul', the Capital city of South Korea, which was the place in which this event happened.

[@mr.orsonwelles135]

😂😂😂😂

[@HShango]

How is a banana worth £120k, humans are absolutely crazy

[@lucasthevamp]

Money Lauders

[@Hatsune_mikuxX]

Yes i agree as a fellow human breathing normalize human oxygen and not alien I must admit is strange for humans to value a banana

[@ZeroDarkness-]

How such can call as an art If art so easy like that then just put 💩 and called it art 😂😂😂

[@alexsmith1207]

I'm confused how this banana is still yellow lol

[@Sayafa45295]

Probably because the artist is famous

[@sparky5272]

My respect for that guy 📈📈

[@Moongazer101]

Well done to the student, this is not art!

[@unearthedbiz1557]

The footage of him eating that banana is truly an art! brilliant criticism

[@WilliamAlex]

Aha you are Turkish 🙂.. By the way.. biji kurdistan ✌️🙂

[@bappyhasanjahid4985]

it should be an NFT

[@SpySxlar]

@@WilliamAlex what it has to do with the comment? please comment your country/religion on other places.

[@kkplaysgd]

​@@SpySxlar I'm not trying to be mean but why are you so bothered with his comment?

[@SpySxlar]

@@kkplaysgd off topic

[@m_t3901]

If that is art then I am a banana

[@titteryenot4524]

Copyright: Ian Hislop.

[@janel342]

MLT But do you want to be taped to a wall?

[@gamingdoge123]

*Dirty mind activated*

[@aerith119]

Tape yourself onto a wall or you aren't art. Yet.

[@Uthman_al_shammy]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂Simple mind

[@aventclassy646]

The guy is a genius, because he got exactly what he wanted: provoking discussion and really making us question what art is, but the person who bought this would instead make you question the evolution of humanity.

[@heavenonearthgomes8267]

I’m going to open a banana business now.

[@northwestthrills3453]

My Respect for this guy: 📈📈📈

[@MrSlanderer]

I'm sure it's been said a million times already, but it seems that, to be a modern artist, all one has to do is call themselves an "artist."

[@HShango]

@LorenzoMMartini exactly and money launder seems to be key in this dirty industry.

[@jonathanbirch2022]

The artist in question is a famous Italian satirist who made this banana installation as a joke and to poke fun at the art world.

[@MrSlanderer]

@@jonathanbirch2022 So he agrees with me then.

[@jonathanbirch2022]

@@MrSlanderer sì

[@Yeehaw0588]

The only art that matters is making art that you love, for yourself, and sure some people would love to buy it and it's okay to sell it but once it becomes a job (like all you do is art) it's not art anymore, you scratch and color paper for money

[@Toy_In_Tub]

I love his audacity

[@spicymeatballs2thespicening]

It's better off feeding someone then just sitting there as a living meme of an "artpiece" until it rots away lol

[@alexanderdantonio8999]

Don't know what's worse. The fact that he destroyed it or that it's worth 120k. Or maybe this was exactly what the artist intended, someone to call out the ludicrous nature of a banana stuck on with tape being worth that much.

[@mitchtherevolution]

Here's the secret. It's actually not worth that much. It's a con.

[@forfax.]

exactly. that's why the title of the banana art work is COMEDY. I think he expects someone to do it lol

[@warcraftlake7]

​@@forfax. it was ate before. The museum replaces the banana and duct tape every 2-3 days. So it's not even the original piece. Its just a reproduction.

[@forfax.]

@@warcraftlake7 i know. my point still stands that COMEDY title seems be the expectation of the artist for this work of art

[@osheridan]

Oh, the worth is definitely worse

[@weakpistol]

As an artist I can't believe anyone would sell a banana stuck onto tape for 120k 💀

[@qwwertyyuiopp]

Art has lost its meaning... We went from Van Gogh and Claude Monet back then to today, a banana taped onto a wall.

[@worthybutter2004]

At least we have Banksy.

[@EMDIVSofficial]

You don't need to become an ARTIST to realized that it is horrendous.

[@Kamotea_kyutie]

Or even why would someone buy it 😅

[@cipher3966]

@@Kamotea_kyutie It would be black and slimy in a week. What was the museum planning? I hope he doesn't have to pay for damaging something that was never going to last

[@KitKitChanIsaac]

Art 500 years ago: Beautiful canvas painted in vibrant colors. Art now: B A N A N A

[@maltosedipetidases5707]

banana taped to wall for 120k feels like a straight middle finger to the buyers 🤣

[@holdupwaitaminute.]

We really went from Mona Lisa to 🍌 The food that was praised by the minions.

[@Gonzas97]

We went from minions with suits, to minions without clothes.

[@EclipticRaisin]

Banna 🥹

[@cneproperty]

This is awesome The world needs more critics like this

[@david41159]

New art genre: “Consumable Arts”

[@homemalone244]

To those who dont understand why art like this is “valued” at 120,000$. Its a tax write off for the artists who donate the artworks.

[@eli_corn]

footage of him eating it way more artistic than the art itself

[@justshan2413]

Banana is art? Is the world okay?

[@02suraditpengsaeng41]

I don't think so since 2018 XD

[@02suraditpengsaeng41]

@V For Voup 2018 I mean I just know this world isn't ok ah yes 1917 R. Mutt Urinal XD

[@shafuimcoming5151]

This banana identified itself as art and as a liberal you should respect that.

[@oogie493]

Yes. Banana is art. Free art. Not $120k art.

[@catnyan]

Well, there are people who considering white blank canvas as an art… yeah…

[@debojitrabha2502]

If thats art then my fridge is worth trillions dollars 😂

[@Tyraanny]

Now I'm gonna tape a giant pumpkin on a wall...and list it for $1 million dollars

[@joefortey4]

Not all heroes wear capes.

[@Animeshelly0120]

the hero we didn’t know we needed

[@Cadence733]

Because it's not art - it's food. Fantastic response.

[@micrappyS]

To all wondering how this banana is worth $120,000: The banana is replaced with a new one every 2-3 days or whenever it is eaten (it even makes headlines) at the expense of the museum, some would say $120,000 is a fair price for an infinite supply of famous banana

[@justanothermortal1373]

Okay but how tf is it "ART"

[@bushral.tasneem5464]

@@justanothermortal1373 it’s just a joke lol. The artist said so too

[@JakeGutteridge]

Bananas are not that expensive 😂

[@diegoryukswamy8654]

Is this Ship of Theseus

[@azertykeys9011]

@@JakeGutteridge i could literally just go to my public market and buy a whole bundle of bananas for 25 php

[@tanhouzer]

It's not the eating of the banana that surprised me.. It's that thing being called art and managed to cost 120K.😂

[@doroe.8589]

Bro is a menace

[@iam_sirius]

So much respect for the student

[@protocol_xyz]

What time has come, people value a $120k "art piece" more than a hungry guy

[@mrichards55]

If a man needs to eat and there’s food around, a man needs to eat.

[@kirazami2282]

Man needed the potassium

[@midnightfalconx3562]

Thank you sir u did a great service

[@timeofchallenges]

Well done. Don't let food go to waste😂

[@EclipticRaisin]

Especially banna 😁

[@rob6850]

Luckily it wasn't actually art in the first place

[@rd101]

Can you blame him? My boy was probably starving lol

[@DUXLOL]

He let his intrusive thoughts win

[@gulaykaya]

Real art feeds a person. Enjoy feeding with art. Korean student took his deserved from art. Congratulations.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@donghye1004]

that’s so deep 😭💀

[@gulaykaya]

@@donghye1004 👍

[@mindtunnel8290]

I mean the banana looked like it needed to be eaten. At that stage, the banana is at it's peak in terms of flavor.

[@MediaCentUK]

Well at least he ain't wasting food 😂😂

[@tinaanderson431]

imagine changing bananas every day for its freshness

[@olfrogo]

Take banana Eat it Refuse to elaborate Eat it anyway

[@CardiacYew-xt5zq]

Student: "reasons why I should eat this banana, I am hungry, It's right there"

[@beautyofeverything7444]

The cost of that banana is double my AMERICAN college fee for four years 💀

[@fadhilahzaidan4946]

I honestly don't blame him.

[@ChristocreamV2]

"You're not you when your hungry" -Snickers

[@vladimiruchiha4420]

I also had similar art at home, a lemon hung to a string on my kitchen door. I tried to auction it but failed to find the right buyers. They didn't understand the concept of my art as the wise one said The beauty is in the eye of the observer.

[@thequickwit8174]

I bet it also had chillies(guess where I'm coming from)

[@vladimiruchiha4420]

@@thequickwit8174 you are correct i guess you were also at the auction, maybe i didn't notice you🙂

[@Wilbur-em1hw]

Wait why do yall hang lemon and chillies?? When I visited India I saw people doing that.

[@thequickwit8174]

@@Wilbur-em1hw It is believed that hanging lemon and chillies at home protects the person from evil eyes. It is believed that the sour taste of lemon and the pungent taste of chilli disturbs the concentration of the evil eye. But at the very same time, it also acts as a repellent for insects.

[@generalised_exception]

@@Wilbur-em1hw repels mosquitoes

[@Pika-Chu64]

Bro was hungry 😭

[@unopposedhaunting9262]

Give that man a medal

[@shankymathur7542]

Banana is meant to be eaten , he ate it , end! 😂😂

[@kfx3907]

Simple lol

[@AnthonyD-yy2in]

He wasn't hungry. He wanted to test limits!

[@IntergalacticPotato999]

I'd rather see those beautiful landscape paintings than seeing a banana slapped on the wall and calling it an "art".

[@catnyan]

"It was art performance from me, and absolutely I'm not sorry" 👏👏👏

[@pwelele]

This kind of thing some people call Art.... It's the bottom of human intelligence

[@roudou7008]

Give this man a grammy

[@Umb19]

What is considered "Art" could be me spilling ketchup on my table and auctioning the table for thousands.

[@malachaiuys711]

what a legend😂, we need more people like this

[@antangilist3173]

Making million dollar art is very easy nowadays ,just take🍌😂

[@isaacj2914]

That must be the most expensive banana in the history of human existence

[@akshpatel40]

If this is an art then I’m an astrophysicist…..my farts sometimes sounds like rocket launching.

[@krusty06]

Now this is art.

[@rkdo9554]

This is one of the instances that I root for the perpetrator.

[@E_E69]

Ever since that one austrian artist failed art school, our standards have dropped real low

[@usernameless7]

At this point If I draw a dot it would be worth $100,000💀💀💀

[@PoonamSingh-jm3rk]

I don't even think if the artist sued the boy ,even the judge or anyone in any community gonna support the artist at all

[@lemonlimethewolf7087]

How is a banana taped to a wall worth 120k 😂😭

[@godswillm575]

Justice was finally served here.

[@spunkymaniac9312]

This guy really know how to taste art

[@C.J.M..]

When Art devolves to the Art of Justification

[@egsantos]

He's an SNU guy (#1 University in Korea) so he's definitely not hungry. Great work dude!

[@garridecano6643]

He just like attention

[@PatroitSongChannel]

​@@garridecano6643 or hes Hungry.

[@wafiqnasna4638]

@@garridecano6643 it's a banana taped to a wall

[@josephthomas4900]

@@garridecano6643 Arguably, the eating of the banana is itself a rather profound piece of performance art

[@pro_154]

​@@PatroitSongChannelor he likes attention. What point are you fighting to prove

[@teddymarian9416]

he wasnt hungry he knew exactly what he was doing

[@RoyShouriMustango]

Tells you the mindset of people

[@QuantumWalnut]

It's a banana duct taped to a wall. Everyone just chill.

[@theconman6505]

Is no one gonna talk about how the exact same thing happened 3 years ago

[@BestManEver2]

The artwork is NOT $120,000. The money is separate from the banana.

[@eh1702]

So what? They KNOW someone is gonna do something like that. If not, then in a day or two it would go rotten anyway, or they would quietly replace it.

[@mitchtherevolution]

The museum staff replaces it every three days.

[@American-In-Mykolaiv]

Not art, certainly not 120K, but a piece of duck-tape and a 20 cent banana. Museums have a responsibility to humanity to keep up intelligence, not to lower all IQ.

[@Slivtur]

Bro let his intrusive thoughts win

[@ptolemaicfoxxo3032]

If your gonna put food out in the public like that im just gonna eat it lol

[@yessky4854]

I'm so happy for him because this isn't north Korea and also his actually a real human being he had logic. He knew he was hungry he knew the panana will go bad he knew his spidey senses and he also knew what he was doing

[@maplestory2723]

He's not from North Korea... He's from South Korea. If you read Korean articles he's an art student doing it for attention (which is fair, the original piece is pretentious as well). He wasn't actually hungry.

[@yessky4854]

@@maplestory2723 okay sorry if I offened anyone

[@RiRiRiPoks]

​@@maplestory2723 you read the comment wrong.

[@commiellama]

If that's art then in a few hours that guys about to create a masterpiece

[@k.h6635]

This man doesn't need an Oscar, he's just hungry