Artist Vik Muniz Reconfigures Shredded Cash
Vik Muniz newest work collages shredded US currency into iconic American images at a larger-than-life scale at Sikkema Jenkins & Co on Manhattan's west side.
Vik Muniz, the master of creating unbelievable images out of unexpected things, debuts his latest series, Legal Tender, at Sikkema Jenkins & Co. on the west side of Manhattan. Included in a double-feature exhibition, Muniz’s work once again celebrates everyday material, ignites the imagination, confuses reality, and questions current systems of symbols and representation.
Amelia Earhart, Legal Tender, 2024
Installation view of Scraps and Legal Tender, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, 2024
Frederick Douglass, Legal Tender, 2024
For 30 years, Vik Muniz has tackled almost every material imaginable, transforming chocolate syrup into an image of Jackson Pollock, loose diamonds into movie star headshots, and torn magazine scraps into Van Gogh paintings. Each series begins by obtaining and rearranging a specific material ? usually on a flat surface ? and then photographing the work to be reoriented on a wall and printed larger than life. His best images never lose focus on the material, often calling more attention to it through subsequent reconfiguration and enlargement. Bald Eagle, Legal Tender, 2024
Bald Eagle, Legal Tender, 2024 (detail)
Legal Tender features seven large photographs (each approximately 4 feet by 6 feet) that capture thousands of tiny currency fragments rearranged into the image...
Vik Muniz, the master of creating unbelievable images out of unexpected things, debuts his latest series, Legal Tender, at Sikkema Jenkins & Co. on the west side of Manhattan. Included in a double-feature exhibition, Muniz’s work once again celebrates everyday material, ignites the imagination, confuses reality, and questions current systems of symbols and representation.
Amelia Earhart, Legal Tender, 2024
Installation view of Scraps and Legal Tender, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, 2024
Frederick Douglass, Legal Tender, 2024
For 30 years, Vik Muniz has tackled almost every material imaginable, transforming chocolate syrup into an image of Jackson Pollock, loose diamonds into movie star headshots, and torn magazine scraps into Van Gogh paintings. Each series begins by obtaining and rearranging a specific material ? usually on a flat surface ? and then photographing the work to be reoriented on a wall and printed larger than life. His best images never lose focus on the material, often calling more attention to it through subsequent reconfiguration and enlargement. Bald Eagle, Legal Tender, 2024
Bald Eagle, Legal Tender, 2024 (detail)
Legal Tender features seven large photographs (each approximately 4 feet by 6 feet) that capture thousands of tiny currency fragments rearranged into the image...
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