MUNIZ, Vik (b. 1961 São Paulo)

Hole

 

Gelatin silver print, 1995, neutral toned on matte double weight paper, inscribed “Hole” / Vik Muniz 1995 / 3/5, in pencil by the artist in the lower right margin; one from the edition of 5 plus 3 artist's proofs.
 Sheet 50.4 x 40.5 cm; image 40.7 x 36.6 cm; mounted archivally and framed in a birch wood frame 55.5 x 54.2 x 2 cm.  Exemplary condition.

 

Literature:

Vik Muniz: Obra Completa, 1987-2009, organização Pedro Corrêa do Lago, [Rio de Janeiro]: Capivara, 2009 [catalogue raisonné], p. 180, there dated 1997

 

Provenance:

David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg Arts Foundation

“I draw with sugar.  I draw with wire, thread, things that are very bad to make representations....  I don’t want people to simply see a representation of something.  I want them to feel how it happens.  The moment of that embodiment is what I consider a spiritual experience.” 

 

-- Vik Muniz, http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/worstpossibleillusion/index.html