Renowned artist Henri Matisse once said, “creativity takes courage”.
For student Noh Huyn-soo, there is definitely some courage.
The South Korean student was at Seoul’s Leeum Museum of Art viewing Maurizio Cattelan’s exhibit Comedian.
Comedian is piece that features a ripe banana stuck to the wall with duct tape. Noh Huyn-soo was seen on camera removing the banana from its tape and eating it.
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He completely ignored any cries urging him to stop and instead went on to finish the banana and re-tape the peel up on the wall.
The art was worth a whopping $120,000.
Noh Huyn-soo, in so many words, declared his little stunt a bit of performance art.
"Damaging an artwork could also be seen as an artwork, I thought that would be interesting... "
"Isn't it taped there to be eaten?"
And while the banana was replaced by the museum every few days, people everywhere are reeling… or should I say “peeling” over Noh's actions.
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The museum declined claiming money from the student.
When notified of what happened, artist Maurizio Cattelan said it was, “no problem at all.”