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Vik Muniz
Vik Muniz ((:ˈvik muˈnis); born in 1961, São Paulo, Brazil)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://vikmuniz.net/bio )〕 is a Brazilian artist and photographer. Initially a sculptor, Muniz grew interested with the photographic representations of his work, eventually focusing completely on photography. Primarily working in series, Muniz incorporates the use of quotidian objects such as diamonds, sugar, thread, chocolate syrup and garbage in his practice to create bold, ironic and often deceiving imagery, gleaned from the pages of pop culture and art history. His work has been met with both commercial success and critical acclaim, and has been exhibited worldwide. His solo show at MAM in Rio de Janeiro was second only to Picasso in attendance records.
In 2010, Muniz was featured in the documentary film ''Waste Land'', directed by Lucy Walker, which featured Muniz's work on one of the world's largest garbage dumps, Jardim Gramacho, on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. The film was nominated to the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 83rd Academy Awards.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title = Waste Land )〕
==Early life==
At the age of 18, Muniz worked in advertising in Brazil, redesigning billboards for higher readability. While on the way to his first black-tie gala, Muniz witnessed and attempted to break up a street fight, where he was accidentally shot in the leg by one of the brawlers. He was paid by the shooter to not press charges, and used the money to travel to New York.
After his arrival in New York in 1983, Muniz's friend lent him a studio, and he started his career as a sculptor, which resulted in his first solo exhibit in 1988. In addition to sculpting, Muniz began experimenting with drawing and photography, ultimately combining these mediums in the series ''Sugar Children'', which was featured in the Museum of Modern Art's ''New Photography 13 ''show, alongside Rineke Dijikstra, An-My Le, and Kunié Sugiura, in 1997.〔Museum of Modern Art, ''New Photography 13'', http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/1997/newphoto13/〕 In ''Sugar Children'', Muniz photographed the families that worked on sugar plantations on the Caribbean island of St. Kitts. Beginning with Polaroids of several of the children of plantation workers, Muniz "drew" their images by sprinkling sugar on black paper and rephotographed these compositions.〔
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