AO On Site – New York: Opening of Vik Muniz at Sikkema Jenkins & Co. through October 15, 2011
Friday, September 23rd, 2011
Opening night, September 10, 2011. All images by Ana Marjanovic for Art Observed.
Through recycling, reproduction, and repetition, Brazilian-born and New York-based artist Vik Muniz explores contemporary consumerist culture’s interpretations of, and influences by, traditional art subject matter in his show on now at Sikkema Jenkins & Co. in New York. Large scale, color photographs from the Pictures of Magazines 2 series are displayed alongside sculptures of the Relicario series.
Installation view
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