【Essay】Banana artwork eaten by visitor

Today, I'm going to give my opinion on "Maurizio Cattelan: Banana artwork eaten by Seoul museum visitors".

I've known from the news on the internet that "bananas taped to the wall" were displayed in the museum, but I didn't know the details, so I looked it up.

・The author is Maurizio Cattelan who is Italian.

・The work named "Comedian" was exhibited at the art exhibition "Art Basel" held in Miami Beach, the U.S.

・There were three buyers and the final bid was $120k.

・This artwork is a banana taped to the wall.

Before I get into the main subject of the article, I'd like to first give my thoughts on this artwork. As a premise, for me, "Banana taped to the wall" is not a work of art. Artworks are things that attract me so much that I want to see it while living in my life. On the other hand, there are artworks that make you wonder why people love them.

Moving on the main subject, first of all, you can see that this artwork is a work that can be replaced. According to the article, the banana was replaced with another one after the incident. When the author found out that the banana had been eaten by the visitor, he wasn't angry, and this incident has happened several times in the past. Compared to the artworks I know, the idea itself is unique, but this artwork is interchangeable. 

In the article, the student who ate the banana said, "There could be another rebellion against the rebellion". Considering the meaning of "rebellion" in this case, "rebellion" means the tendency to value artworks simply not because the artwork is great, but because the autor is just famous. For example, if I had done the same before he released  it, I don't think it would have been worth $120k.

What the student said, "another rebellion" is expected to be a disapproving view of this work, or the phenomenon created by the famous auther that is gaining attention. For exsample, if there are people who don't like a particular artwork, and they claim that destroying artworks are artwork, I think it's "another rebellion".