Vicente José de Oliveira Muniz
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Vicente José de Oliveira Muniz, better known as Vik Muniz, is a Brazilian contemporary artist renowned for creating intricate images using unconventional materials such as chocolate, sugar, garbage, and everyday objects.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Vicente José de Oliveira Muniz canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
contemporary artist
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human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Vik Muniz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artisticMovement | contemporary art ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Brazil
NERFINISHED
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| birthName | Vicente José de Oliveira Muniz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Brazil ⓘ |
| creativeApproach |
reinterpreting iconic images with unusual materials
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transforming everyday materials into detailed compositions ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
contemporary art
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photographic art ⓘ visual arts ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasExhibitedIn |
contemporary art galleries
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international art museums ⓘ |
| hasGiven | lectures on contemporary art ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
photographic reproduction
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popular culture imagery ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Portuguese ⓘ |
| name | Vicente José de Oliveira Muniz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Brazilian ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
large-scale material installations captured as photographs
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use of non-traditional art materials ⓘ |
| notableFor | creating images from unconventional materials ⓘ |
| notableWork |
series of images made from chocolate syrup
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series of images made from garbage ⓘ series of images made from sugar ⓘ |
| occupation |
artist
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photographer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | São Paulo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| technique |
assembling materials to form images
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documenting material compositions through photography ⓘ |
| usesMaterial |
chocolate
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everyday objects ⓘ garbage ⓘ sugar ⓘ |
| usesMedium | photography ⓘ |
| workFocus |
perception and representation
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relationship between image and material ⓘ |
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