The infamous banana-duct-taped-to-a-wall art installation has fallen victim to a hungry South Korean uni student.
According to The Korea Herald, Noh, a Seoul National University student, ate a banana duct-taped to a wall that is part of an art installation worth over $100,000.
The student then reattached the banana peel to the wall and explained that he ate the banana because he was hungry after skipping breakfast.
In a follow-up phone interview with a local broadcaster, Noh thought that “damaging a work of modern art could also be (interpreted as a kind of) artwork,” adding that he came up with the idea to reattach the banana peel, thinking it was a fun way of looking at it.
The art is part of an installation known as ‘Comedy’ created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, where a banana is duct-taped to a wall and changed every few days.
Previous iterations of the piece have sold for over $120,000, making it one of the most expensive bananas in the world.