Vik Muniz began his career as a sculptor in the late 1980’s after relocating from Brasil to Chicago and later to New York. His early work often involved visual puns and jokes. His most famous work from this period is his Clown Skull, a human skull that has an attached round nose like feature similar to real clowns. he also created replicas of leonardo DaVinci's Mona Lisa out of Jelly and peanut butter. He creates a lot of art from different materials that you would not normally think of using. Materials such as Sugar were used to create pictures of children. Everyone is used to the fact that many artists use paint and a brush to create masterpieces however Vc Muniz as broaden the usage of many unusual types of materials.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Vic Muniz By Giuseppe Caschera
Vik Muniz began his career as a sculptor in the late 1980’s after relocating from Brasil to Chicago and later to New York. His early work often involved visual puns and jokes. His most famous work from this period is his Clown Skull, a human skull that has an attached round nose like feature similar to real clowns. he also created replicas of leonardo DaVinci's Mona Lisa out of Jelly and peanut butter. He creates a lot of art from different materials that you would not normally think of using. Materials such as Sugar were used to create pictures of children. Everyone is used to the fact that many artists use paint and a brush to create masterpieces however Vc Muniz as broaden the usage of many unusual types of materials.
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