WE ALL know it's vital to eat fruit as part of a balanced diet, but a Korean university student perhaps took things a bit far after he ate a banana that was part of a US$120,000 (A$180,500) installation by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan.
Noh Huyn-soo was caught on camera at the Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul as he removed the banana from its duct-taped position on the wall, peeled the fruit and ate it in front of stunned onlookers.
He then returned the banana skin to the wall, taping it back into its original position.
When asked by the museum to explain his actions, he said he was hungry after skipping breakfast, the Korea Herald reported.
The student later confessed to local broadcaster KBS that he thought "damaging a work of modern art could also be [interpreted as a kind of] artwork", saying the idea of reattaching the banana peel was a new and fun approach.
"I thought it would be interesting...isn't it taped there to be eaten?" he added.
The banana, which forms Cattelan's piece entitled 'Comedian', gets replaced every few days as the fruit spoils.
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