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Author Archives: Vik Muniz Studio
Surface Tension
by Vik Muniz In a dark corner of the church of Santa Cecilia in São Paulo lies the mesmerizing image of the child-saint Santa Donata….
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Blind Spot Magazine: Mirrors or ‘How to Steal a Masterpiece’
by Vik Muniz A Sunday afternoon in the Louvre — I could not pick a worse day to visit a museum. Wandering in, unable to…
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Making it Real
by Vik Muniz Life itself is not the reality. We are the ones who put life into stones and pebbles. Frederick Sommer The Good Picture…
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The I by Vik Muniz
The end of the art-object articulated as an object coincides with the reign of objects of values. The individualized and individualizing object, when submitted to…
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Selected Publications by and about Vik Muniz
Vik Muniz: The Weimar File Ivorypress, 2013 ISBN 9788494053580 Idea Code 13391 240 pages, illustrations in b&w, 11 x 15 cm, English/Spanish Vik Muniz Cac…
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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Abreu, Gilberto de. “Em Busca da Visibilidade”, Jornal do Brasil, Brazil. March 23, 2001. Adams, Parveen. “The Art of Repetition: Exploitation or Ethics?”,…
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Interview between Maria Zagala, Curator, and Vik Muniz for the exhibition Imaginary Prisons
(c) National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne In an email interview with Maria Zagala on 22 January 2007, Vik Muniz expanded on his interest in Piranesi’s…
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Vik Muniz and Charles Ashley Stainback: A Dialogue
Published in the catalogue Seeing is Believing Arena Editions Verona, 1998 Charles Stainback: When did you start using photography? Let me rephrase that. When did…
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An Interview with Vik Muniz
By Linda Benedict-Jones LBJ: This is the first Artist-in-Residence Program at the Frick Art: Historical Center. It was inspired by the program at the Isabella…
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Natura Pictrix
Peter Galassi and Vik Muniz Peter Galassi: I think it might be useful for people to know a little bit about what you did before…
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Mrs. de Menil’s Liquor Closet and Other Stories
Copyright 2001 Menil Foundation, Inc. Vik Muniz and Matthew Drutt Matthew Drutt: What did you imagine The Menil Collection to be like before you came…
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Interview with Vik Muniz and Danilo Eccher, director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome, August 2003.
This interview is published in the catalogue that accompanies Vik Muniz solo show at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome, Italy. September 2003 / January…
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Bomb Magazine: Vik Muniz by Mark Magill
Interview in Bomb Magazine n.73, Fall 2000 Vik Muniz might be billed as a photographer, and photographs are generally the end product of his work….
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The Commutability of Traces
by Thomas Zummer “. . . mi ritrovai per una selva oscura . . . ” -Dante Alighieri, Inferno, Canto 1 At the very beginning,…
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String, Space and Surface in the Photography of Vik Muniz by Sandra Plummer
Abstract This article examines three series of works by the artist Vik Muniz— Pictures of Thread, Piranesi Prisons and Pictures of Wire. These works employ…
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Muniz and the Contemporary Envelope
by Demetrio Paparoni Let’s begin by saying that Vik Muniz considers art to be a tool for scientific knowledge. It might be said that for…
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(Français) Vik Muniz: Erotica Salvatrix (Erotica Series)
by Catherine Millet for Xippas Galleries “Erotica” Exhibition. October 27 – December 12, 2001. Inutile de le nier : lorsque l’on entre dans la salle…
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METAPHYSICAL GAMES?
by Olivier Kaeppelin Translated from the French by Brian Holmes Can one bring a dead figure back to life? Is the essence of art not…
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Vik Muniz: The Wrong Logician; Or, Cats and Dogs Fighting Like Clouds
Equivalence as Critical Aporia in the Work of Vik Muniz Socrates: What are they then? Strepsiades: I don’t rightly know; spread fleeces, perhaps Socrates: I’ll…
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The Most Interesting Thing that Can be Done With Representation
by James Elkins What is the most interesting thing that can be done with representation? The best way to begin answering that question, which is…
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Early Objects
by Joshua Decter “The poetic or the ecstatic is that in every disclosure which can open itself up to the absolute loss of its sense,…
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Pictures in Clouds
by Kirby Gookin Sometimes we see a cloud that’s dragonish; A vapour sometime like a bear or lion, A tower’d citadel, a pendent rock, A…
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A Twisted Kind of Realist (Pictures of Magazine and Monadic Works)
by Tonica Chagas* In his two new series, “Pictures of Magazines” and “Monadic Works,” Vik Muniz again plays with human visual perception to show that”a…
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Mimesis of mimesis: Vik Muniz
by Germano Celant In Vik Muniz’s work, the transparent is evident in the vapors and stratifications that allow the crystallization of the reproduced image. The…
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(Português) A soma das partes (Divas and Monstros)
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Seeing Is Disbelief
by Dan Cameron If nobody ever saw what everyone remembers, what exactly are those memories made of? Vik Muniz, interview with Charles Stainback, 2001 For…
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Ethics of Illusion
by Moacir dos Anjos In the book Ficciones, Jorge Luis Borges tells the literary accomplishments of a certain Pierre Menard, a writer from Nîmes whose…
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Vik Muniz: Illusionism Beyond Specular Appearance
by Aracy Amaral I take great joy in greeting a fine artist, a creative Brazilian artist who is presenting his work for the first time…
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Vik Muniz – Xippas
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Xippas Gallery Paris, France December 12, 2009 – January 2, 2010 Working with incongruous materials—thread, jam, chocolate syrup, ketchup, dust, toys, pigment, etc—chosen for their…
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Pictures of Paper – Nichido Contemporary Art
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Tokyo, Japan October 22, 2010 – November 20, 2010 nca | nichido contemporary art is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new works by…
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Vik Muniz – Sikkema, Jenkins & co.
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MoMA New Photography 13 (1997)
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Museum of Modern Art, New York October 24, 1997 – January 13, 1998 Muniz questions the nature and traditions of visual representation by ingeniously using…
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Individuals – Stux Gallery (1992)
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After Warhol – Xippas Gallery
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Xippas Gallery Paris, France November 20, 1999 – January 29, 2000 Exhibition Page
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Aftermath and Sugar Children – Liverpool Biennial (1999)
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Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art Liverpool, UK 24 September – 7 November 1999 Aftermath and Sugar Children – the two series by Vik Muniz represented…
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MACRO
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Pictures of Magazine – Paco Imperial
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Vik Muniz – Joan Miro Foundation
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Barcelona, Spain 06/21 – 07/28/2002 Vik Muniz (São Paolo, 1961) lives in New York. Although he considers photography to be the most perfect form of…
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The Best of Life – Wooster Gardens
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Some Assembly Required
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The Art Institute of Chicago Curated by David Travis (3 Photographers) Chicago, Illinois
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This is Vik Muniz – CB Collection Roppongi
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Reflex: Mexico
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Antiguo Golegio de San Idefonso Mexico City September 6 – October 11, 2008
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Pictures of Paper – Rena Branstein Gallery
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Pictures of Paper Rena Branstein Gallery San Francisco, CA October 16 – November 29, 2008 During October and November, Rena Bransten Gallery will present “Vik…
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Verso – Sikkema, Jankins & co.
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Narcissus: Vik Muniz Self Portraits
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Pictures of Pigment – Xippas Gallery
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Muniz: Remastered – Museo de Las Americas
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Photographs From The West Collection Museo de Las Americas, Denver, CO. October 4-January 20, 2008.
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Reflex: USF
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Pictures of Ink
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In the series Pictures of Ink, I tried to make the viewer aware of the materiality of the printed medium by blowing up a hand…
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Clayton Days – The Frick Art and Historical Center
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The Frick Art and Historical Center September 9 – October 22, 2000 The Frick Art & Historical Center presents its first exhibition of contemporary art,…
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A Terra e a Gente – Museu da Eletricidade
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Museu da Eletricidade Lisbon, Portugal October 17 – December 16, 2007
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Pictures of People – Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art
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Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art Gateshead, England January 31 – April 15, 2007
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Vik Muniz – Gary Tatintsian Gallery
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Gary Tatintsian Gallery Moscow November 1 – December 15, 2007 Exhibition Page
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Reflex: Montreal
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Vik Muniz: Reflex Museum of Contemporary Art Montreal, Canada October 5, 2007 – January 6, 2008
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Vik Muniz – Moscow House of Photography
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Moscow House of Photography Manezh, Moscow November 1 – Decemver 30, 2007
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