Vik Muniz Masters with Trash and Treasure
Mother and Children 2008 (Pictures of Garbage Series) Brazillian born photographer Vik Muniz wants to trick us. And though slight of eye amazement makess up a large part of his visual repertoire, unlike a magician, Muniz reveals the mystery within the illusion itself. His large scale sculptural series Pictures of Garbage (2008), Pictures of Junk (2006) and Pictures of Diamonds (2004), play on they eye's limited visual field to continually reveal and camouflage classical and pop imagery. Up close what appears to be a series of randomly assorted dumpster items, at a distance reforms into a reproduction of a classical Greek Myth; stand back from coveting those sparkling rows of p...Read more