Geneva’s Galerie Xippas is hosting ” Pictures of America” exhibition by artist Vik Muniz until March 5th. The Brazilian artist makes use of materials such as thread, chocolate, caviar, ketchup, toys, diamonds, dust and even garbage to create images that are part of our collective visual memory. The images are then photographed to create a distance with the originals and to confront us with the illusions of representation.
This exhibition devoted to the United States brings together a set of artworks inspired by American history. From the Statue of Liberty to Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, the MoMa masterpiece that Muniz presents as a jigsaw puzzle, to Andy Warhol’s Race Riot, recalling the multitude of ethnic conflicts that tore the continent apart, every piece says something about Vik Muniz’s vision of America. Masterpieces, movie stars, myths and clichés, all redrawn and reinterpreted.
EXHIBITION
Pictures of America
Vik Muniz
From January 15th to March 5th, 2016
La Galerie Xippas – Genève
rue des Sablons 6
1205 Geneva
Switzerland
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http://www.xippas.com
http://vikmuniz.net
