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Hungry student reportedly eats art installation worth hundreds of thousands of dollars
Fox News ^ | 5/1/2023 | Louis Casiano

Posted on 05/01/2023 2:29:52 PM PDT by antidemoncrat

A South Korean art student consumed a $120,000 piece of art that comprised a banana duct-taped to a wall because he was "hungry," according to media reports.

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TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: art; eatsartwork; mishap; modernart; student
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To: SIDENET

In North Korea they would have eaten the frame too.


41 posted on 05/01/2023 3:35:52 PM PDT by Track9 (You are far too inquisitive not to be seduced…)
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To: antidemoncrat

It was a banana duct-taped to a wall.

Tape another one to the wall.

fixed


42 posted on 05/01/2023 3:39:16 PM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare)
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To: antidemoncrat

A banana taped to a wall is not an art piece, let alone one worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.


43 posted on 05/01/2023 4:18:54 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: SIDENET

OMG, how ever will they replace it?
= = =

In a couple of days, he can give it back.


44 posted on 05/01/2023 4:26:43 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob
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To: antidemoncrat
I wonder if it was this guy?


45 posted on 05/01/2023 4:29:37 PM PDT by fidelis (đŸ‘ˆ Under no obligation to respond to rude, ignorant, abusive, bellicose, and obnoxious posts.)
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To: EvilCapitalist

Maybe they get the wall and the building it is in for the $120,000!? So don’t to this in your home. LOLOLOL!


46 posted on 05/01/2023 4:43:02 PM PDT by JoJo354 (We need to get to work, Conservatives!)
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To: antidemoncrat

As fast as bananas go bad, must have been freshly made “art”.


47 posted on 05/01/2023 7:34:22 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
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To: antidemoncrat

Were observers shocked? Performance art.


48 posted on 05/01/2023 8:29:25 PM PDT by Mr. Blond
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To: antidemoncrat
At least this priceless artwork was photographed for posterity.


49 posted on 05/08/2023 10:58:15 AM PDT by Angelino97
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To: antidemoncrat

It’s conceptual art. The banana and the tape can be replaced as needed. Still, it’s hard to think collectors who paid $120,000 for the work will get anything like that if they sell it. One of the bananas was already eaten by a performance artist, who called the eating an art work.

The artist is Maurizio Cattelan, known for his gold toilet, his Pope attacked by a meteorite, and his kneeling Hitler doll.


50 posted on 05/08/2023 11:33:48 AM PDT by x
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It’s conceptual art. The banana and the tape can be replaced as needed. Still, it’s hard to think collectors who paid $120,000 for the work will get anything like that if they sell it

I've heard that a lot of these art pieces are tax scams.

A collector buys an artwork for $100k. A few years later he donates it to a museum which appraises it at $10 million. So he paid $100k for a $10 million tax deduction.

Everyone along the way profits -- the artist, the collector, the museum, and the appraiser.

51 posted on 05/08/2023 9:58:48 PM PDT by Angelino97
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