Pictures of Chocolate

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Pictures of Chocolate is a series of artworks by Vik Muniz in which he recreates famous images using chocolate as his primary medium.

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Pictures of Chocolate canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artwork series
artist Vik Muniz NERFINISHED
basedOn art historical masterpieces
famous images
popular culture images
copyrightHolder Vik Muniz NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Brazil
creator Vik Muniz NERFINISHED
genre contemporary art
hasArtisticTechnique drawing with chocolate
high‑resolution photography
recreation of existing images
hasPart individual chocolate drawings
photographic prints
hasRepresentationForm chocolate drawing
photograph
inception 1990s
influencedBy art history
mass media imagery
languageOfWork none
locationOfExhibition contemporary art museums
international art galleries
mainSubject appropriation of iconic images
materiality of images
perception and representation
medium chocolate
photography
movement conceptual art
postmodern art
notableFor blurring boundaries between high art and popular culture
recreating famous images
using chocolate as primary medium
notableWorkOf Vik Muniz NERFINISHED
partOf Vik Muniz photographic series NERFINISHED
usesMaterial cocoa
liquid chocolate

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Vik Muniz notableWork Pictures of Chocolate