62.25 х 48.75 in. cm.
Edition AP 4/4 outside ed. of 6
Known for playing with material, scale, and perspective, Vik Muniz invites the viewer to interact with the oversized portraits in his 2000 series “Pictures of Ink”. Blowing up photographs of the still wet, black dot renderings of familiar images, Muniz establishes a perplexing vision that encourages the viewer to consider the work from different perspectives in order to understand the representation. As is demonstrated in this portrait of music icon James Brown, the cornucopia of wet ink dots produces a reflection and thus an additional obstacle in discovering the image, imploring the viewer to dig deeper into their memory to decipher the figure.
This work is framed and measures 63.5 x 50 inches.
Constantly testing the limits of his own creativity, Brazilian artist Vik Muniz (b.1961) is known for using an array of unconventional materials to create intricate replicas of well-known artworks and images, which he photographs to capture the whole composition. Named one of Time Magazine’s ‘Leasders of the New Millennium’, Muniz has earned an international reputation for his photographic work, which questions the way visual information is constructed, presented and then perceived by the viewer. Muniz has enjoyed numerous solo exhibitions throughout the world, the most recent of which took place at the Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea (2011); Nichido Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan (2010); Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2009); and Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (2008). He currently lives and works in New York, NY.
Selected Public Collections:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA
The National Museum of American Art, Washington D.C.
The Tate Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Brazil
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan