Vik Muniz

I saw an article over on Colossal Art & Design on a new show by Vik Muniz, and thought I’d share it here. Muniz was born in Sao Paolo, & now lives & works in Brooklyn. Over the years he’s done a lot of “experimental collage” for want of a better description, working with: sugar; fake diamonds; cigarette butts and ashes; toys, and (as in this case) magazines. Without too much commentary on what it is or is not, I was quite taken by his reworking of “Starry Night” by Van Gogh. There is something pleasantly obsessive about recreating brushstrokes with torn bits from magazines.

Vik Muniz – Pictures of Magazines 2 Starry Night, after Van Gogh

Vik Muniz – Pictures of Magazines 2 Starry Night, after Van Gogh (detail

Also charming is his reworking of “Picking Flowers in a Field” by Mary Cassatt.

Vik Muniz – Pictures of Magazines 2 Picking flowers in a Field, after Mary Cassatt

Vik Muniz – Pictures of Magazines 2 Picking flowers in a Field, after Mary Cassatt (detail)

This series is currently on display at Galerie Xippas (Paris). Click here to view more works from the series and/or get more information.