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Banana artwork eaten by Seoul museum visitor
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Posted on 05/01/2023 2:23:14 PM PDT by BenLurkin

A South Korean art student ate a banana that was part of an installation by artist Maurizio Cattelan, saying he was "hungry" after skipping breakfast.

The artwork called "Comedian", part of Cattelan's exhibition "WE", consisted of a ripe banana duct-taped to a wall at Seoul's Leeum Musuem of Art.

After eating the banana, the student, Noh Huyn-soo, taped the peel to the wall.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Arts/Photography
KEYWORDS: art; banana; donate; donatedonaldtrump; donatetrump
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1 posted on 05/01/2023 2:23:14 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Give that kid an “A”


2 posted on 05/01/2023 2:23:38 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Yes, we have no bananas.


3 posted on 05/01/2023 2:24:36 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: BenLurkin

I didn’t know Harris was in Korea.


4 posted on 05/01/2023 2:24:39 PM PDT by BigFreakinToad (Biden whispered "Don't Jump")
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To: BenLurkin

The Velvet Underground & Nico?


5 posted on 05/01/2023 2:28:15 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: BenLurkin

Replace it with another banana


6 posted on 05/01/2023 2:29:50 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: BenLurkin

Maybe the art student “accidentally” eating it was the “performance art” part of the art.


7 posted on 05/01/2023 2:32:23 PM PDT by fwdude (Society has been fully polarized now, and you have to decide on which pole you want to be found.)
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To: BenLurkin
Wax fruit ?


8 posted on 05/01/2023 2:36:50 PM PDT by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: BenLurkin

I think is fair game if the artist chooses to call that art. Gallery visitor correcting him: It’s food.


9 posted on 05/01/2023 2:51:50 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: BenLurkin
Knock knock
Who’s there?
Banana
Banana who?
Knock knock
Who’s there?
Banana
Banana who?
Knock knock
WHO’S THERE?!
Orange
ORANGE WHO?!
Orange you glad I didn’t say banana again?
10 posted on 05/01/2023 2:56:37 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: BenLurkin

Good for him. Interactive art!


11 posted on 05/01/2023 3:03:23 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Trees are the most civil society.)
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To: BenLurkin

Beauty is in the stomach of the beholder


12 posted on 05/01/2023 3:41:23 PM PDT by bunkerhill7 (`)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

So tape an orange up.


13 posted on 05/01/2023 3:45:29 PM PDT by EliRoom8
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To: BenLurkin
Maybe it was really a tourist, perhaps one of these two..

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14 posted on 05/01/2023 3:54:17 PM PDT by Waverunner
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To: BenLurkin
Sorry he just earned a bunch of b's..
Time to send in
Lancelot Link...

15 posted on 05/01/2023 4:02:56 PM PDT by Waverunner
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To: BenLurkin

Gotta change the ripe banana daily so what’s the big deal. He made better art.


16 posted on 05/01/2023 4:25:50 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It ( )
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17 posted on 05/01/2023 4:33:38 PM PDT by fidelis (👈 Under no obligation to respond to rude, ignorant, abusive, bellicose, and obnoxious posts.)
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To: csvset; BenLurkin
Murderer!


18 posted on 05/02/2023 5:53:48 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: BenLurkin
Okay, last one.


19 posted on 05/02/2023 5:54:55 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: BenLurkin

Sounds like something Kramer would do on Seinfeld.


20 posted on 05/02/2023 5:55:28 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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