Vik Muniz (b. 1961)

20th Century Fox, after Ed Ruscha (Pictures of Cars)

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Vik Muniz (b. 1961)
20th Century Fox, after Ed Ruscha (Pictures of Cars)
signed and dated 'Vik Muniz 2008' (on a paper label affixed to the reverse)
digital chromogenic print
46 x 95 in. (116.8 x 241.3 cm.)
Executed in 2008. This work is number two from an edition of six plus four artist's proofs.

Provenance

Private collection, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

P. Corrêa do Lago ed., Vik Muniz Obra Completa, 1987-2009: Catálogo Raisonné, Rio de Janeiro, 2009, p. 615 (another example illustrated).
J. Carter Tutwiler, Ed Ruscha, Vik Muniz and the Car Culture of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 2011, pl. 41 (another example illustrated).
V. Muniz and P. Corrêa do Lago, Vik Muniz: catalogue raisonné, 1987-2015: everything so far = Tudo ate´ agora, Rio de Janeiro, 2015, p. 665 (another example illustrated).

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“As an artist, I must constantly remind myself of my role in the culture in which I live. It is easy to lose focus when trying to be both powerless and important at once. …We must continue to learn from history’s lessons in order to be able to change it.” (V. Muniz, “Introduction,” Vik Muniz: Reflex, exh. cat., Miami Art Museum, Miami, 2005, p. 7)

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