After relocating from Brazil to Chicago and later to New York, Vik Muniz began his art career as a sculptor in the late 1980s, but gradually became more interested in photographic reproductions of his sculptures, and eventually Vik Muniz turned his attention exclusively to photography. Muniz currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Vik muniz usou recortes de edies passadas para compor o rosto do presidente barack obama, Then there were the pricey art gifts. The bearer from pictures of garbage, 2008 ; Handmade xippas gallery, paris september 8th. "undefined":c(self))&&self&&self.Object===Object&&self,h=y||g||Function("return this")(),w=Object.prototype,k=w.toString,x=Math.max,j=Math.min,O=function(){return h.Date.now()};e.exports=o}).call(t,function(){return this}())},function(e,t){(function(t){"use strict";function n(e,t,n){function i(t){var n=b,o=v;return b=v=void 0,O=t,g=e.apply(o,n)}function r(e){return O=e,h=setTimeout(s,t),S?i(e):g}function u(e){var n=e-w,o=e-O,i=t-n;return _?x(i,y-o):i}function f(e){var n=e-w,o=e-O;return void 0===w||n>=t||n<0||_&&o>=y}function s(){var e=j();return f(e)?d(e):void(h=setTimeout(s,u(e)))}function d(e){return h=void 0,E&&b?i(e):(b=v=void 0,g)}function l(){void 0!==h&&clearTimeout(h),O=0,b=w=v=h=void 0}function p(){return void 0===h?g:d(j())}function m(){var e=j(),n=f(e);if(b=arguments,v=this,w=e,n){if(void 0===h)return r(w);if(_)return h=setTimeout(s,t),i(w)}return void 0===h&&(h=setTimeout(s,t)),g}var b,v,y,g,h,w,O=0,S=!1,_=!1,E=!0;if("function"!=typeof e)throw new TypeError(c);return t=a(t)||0,o(n)&&(S=! Coupled at the tail like two headed beasts, they swarm in clouds, leaving sticky corpses splattered across cars and the landscape. After studying advertising at the Fundao Armando lvares Penteado de So Paulo, he moved to Brooklyn, NY, with his family in . !n.leading,_="maxWait"in n,y=_?x(u(n.maxWait)||0,t):y,E="trailing"in n?! Muniz initially planned to paint their portraits with the garbage, but instead he worked with them to create enormous photographs of each person from materials in the dump. See our exhibitions In 1983, after leaving a party, Muniz was accidentally shot in the leg after trying to help a victim of a fight. Fate took him from his native sao paolo to the united states, where he was finally able to develop as a creator. !o.leading:r,a="trailing"in o?! rv:([\w. Without many friends, he recalls that reading the newspaper and watching TV were comforting and allowed him to participate in this new environment. He sees photography as having "freed painting from its responsibility to depict the world as fact". Vik Muniz (Portuguese pronunciation: [vik munis]; born in 1961, So Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian artist and photographer. By employing diverse materials such as toys, diamonds, garbage and magazine clippings, the artist creates tableaux, which are then photographed. Vik Muniz is a Brazilian photographer who was born in 1961. His documentary 'Waste Land' was nominated for an Acadamy Award. Visual artists and galleries association (vaga) : Muniz works in a range of media, from trash to peanut butter and jelly, the latter . To create the skin color of obama, muniz various pictures of obama, and cut up pictures of children with the same skin color. He helps us see the world anew. _WidgetManager._RegisterWidget('_BlogView', new _WidgetInfo('Blog1', 'page_body', document.getElementById('Blog1'), { Vik muniz has become known for employing unusual materials to create what he calls the worst possible illusion that will still fool the eye. In 2010, the documentary film Waste Land detailed the process of creation involved in Muniz's Pictures of Garbage series, which resulted from three years working with the garbage pickers at Jardim Gramacho in Rio de Janeiro - one of the world's largest trash dumps. (i("body").width()