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5 unusual facts about Vik Muniz


Associação dos Catadores do Aterro Metropolitano de Jardim Gramacho

More recently, the ACAMJG has gained more attention, due to the documentary Waste Land, exposing a community and art project led by artist Vik Muniz.

Bosco Chocolate Syrup

Vik Muniz, a modern artist, is famous for recreating well-known works of art, such as The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci entirely in Bosco Chocolate Syrup.

Dikeou Collection

Vik Muniz’s “Last Supper” is a triptych photograph of chocolate syrup, which has been manipulated into a drawing of the “Last Supper”, inspired by the Warhol images of the same subject.

The first leg of exhibition space featured the work of 10 artists: Rainer Ganahl, Ester Partegas, Juan Eduardo Gómez Osorio, Giasco Bertoli, Simon Periton, Vik Muniz, Momoyo Torimitsu, Dan Asher, Lee Stoetzel, Paul Ramirez Jonas.

Jardim Gramacho

The 2010 film Waste Land documented two years of work of Brazilian contemporary modern artist Vik Muniz in creating art with the cooperation of the people collecting recyclables at the landfill.



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