Vik Muniz
Saturn devouring one of his sons, after F. de Goya, 2005
32 500 €
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Photographie : C-print 129 x 101 x 0.1 cm
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Vik Muniz est un artiste contemporain originaire du Brésil né en 1961 à São Paulo. Il vit actuellement à New-York.
Enfant issu des quartiers pauvres, il découvre l'art dans les livres qu'il emprunte à la bibliothèque et obtient une bourse pour assister aux cours du soir.
Un jour, il est témoin d'un règlement de comptes dans la rue. Blessé par balle, il se voit proposer une somme d'argent par l'agresseur pour préserver son silence. C'est avec cet argent en poche qu'il décide de déménager à Chicago, puis à New-York. Il s'installe à Brooklyn et enchaîne plusieurs emplois avant d'intégrer un atelier. Il commence alors son activité d'artiste avec la sculpture.
Vik Muniz se lance définitivement dans une carrière artistique au début des années 1980. Très vite, il se crée un style personnel reconnaissable. L'artiste réutilise les déchets et des éléments low-tech pour créer des œuvres propres, ou réinvestir des classiques de l'art. Poussières, mégots, puzzle, magnets, jouets… Muniz est capable de transformer n'importe quel matériau en médium. Il prend ensuite une photographie de l'œuvre assemblée. L'illusion de l'image déconcerte les spectateurs. Par son travail, Muniz invite à porter un regard différent sur des chefs-d'œuvre familiers dans lesquels il a inséré des éléments de la vie quotidienne.
Grâce à cette démarche, il obtient une reconnaissance internationale dès 1997 avec la série de peintures « Pictures of Chocolate », peintes en chocolat. Le Museum of Modern Art de New York (MoMA) lui offre alors sa première exposition. Il réitère l'exploit en 2006 avec la série « Pictures of Junk », cette fois-ci élaborée à partir d'ordures issues de notre quotidien de consommateur et confirme ainsi son ancrage sur la scène artistique contemporaine mondiale.
Dans les années 2000, il part à Rio de Janeiro et collabore trois ans durant avec des habitants vivant proche d'une des plus grandes décharges du monde. Ces derniers collectent pour lui des ordures dont il va se servir pour créer des œuvres d'art. Il est filmé dans sa démarche par Lucy Walker qui signera le documentaire « Waste Land » en 2010, relatant cette aventure. La vente de ces œuvres chez Sotheby's à Londres a permis de redistribuer l'argent gagné - 250 000 euros environ - à la communauté brésilienne en question.
Son travail est exposé dans le monde entier, dans des institutions culturelles de renom comme le Metropolitan Museum of Art et le MoMA à New-York, la Maison Européenne de la Photographie à Paris ou encore à la Tate Modern à Londres.
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