Waste Land (2010) A Brazilian slum native who rose to art world stardom in the mid-90s for his signature images of artists portraits re-created, and re-imaged, using materials like sugar, peanut butter or syrup, Vik Muniz more recently embarked on a two-year project working with Gramacho catadores — trash-pickers — to capture their images via compositions made of scavenged garbage. It’s a strange hybrid of a film, a compelling look into the oft-overlooked trash scavenging industry, and an inspiring demonstration of how Muniz is using his status within the elite art world to provide acknowledgment (and auction sales) to a subgroup otherwise dismissed by the elite.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 20:33:14 +0000
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