Green Apples, after Paul Cezanne (Pictures of Magazines 2)
Digital C-Print
40 x 50.5 inches
2011
Northeaster After Winslow Homer (Pictures of Paper)
Digital C Print
44×62 inches
2010
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Vik Muniz was born into a working-class family in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1961. As a young man he was shot in the leg whilst trying to break up a fight. He received compensation for his injuries and used this money to fund a trip to New York City, where he has lived and worked since the late 1980s. He began his career as a sculptor but gradually became more interested in photographic reproductions of his work, eventually turning his attention exclusively to photography. He incorporates a multiplicity of unlikely materials into this photographic process. Often working in series, Vik has used dirt, diamonds, sugar, string, chocolate syrup and garbage to create bold, witty and often deceiving images drawn from the pages of photojournalism and art history. His work has been met with both commercial success and critical acclaim, and has been exhibited worldwide. Over the last 15 years, Muniz many exhibits have included one-man shows at the Whitney Museum, New York; Centre National pour la Photographie, Paris; and the Venice Biennale, as well as group exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Tate Gallery, London; and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Vik Muniz
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Vik Muniz was born into a working-class family in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1961. As a young man he was shot in the leg whilst trying to break up a fight. He received compensation for his injuries and used this money to fund a trip to New York City, where he has lived and worked since the late 1980s. He began his career as a sculptor but gradually became more interested in photographic reproductions of his work, eventually turning his attention exclusively to photography. He incorporates a multiplicity of unlikely materials into this photographic process. Often working in series, Vik has used dirt, diamonds, sugar, string, chocolate syrup and garbage to create bold, witty and often deceiving images drawn from the pages of photojournalism and art history. His work has been met with both commercial success and critical acclaim, and has been exhibited worldwide. Over the last 15 years, Muniz many exhibits have included one-man shows at the Whitney Museum, New York; Centre National pour la Photographie, Paris; and the Venice Biennale, as well as group exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Tate Gallery, London; and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.