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92 - Vik MUNIZ Laughter (Girl with skull) after Frantisek Drtikol…
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Vik MUNIZ Laughter (Girl with skull) after Frantisek Drtikol - 1997 Silver print Signed, dated and numbered "18/25" on the back 45 × 57 cm Silver gelatin print; signed, dated, and numbered on the back 17.7 x 22.4 in. Provenance: Galerie Templon, Paris Private collection, Paris FR Vik Muniz borrows images from art history, the media and reality and manipulates them. Using materials from everyday life, such as chocolate, diamonds, pigment, clay or dust, Vik Muniz reconstructs an image before taking the photographs and discarding the originals. At first glance, the result of his manipulations does not resemble a photograph, but the work of a magician or virtuoso. While his photographs remind us of a collective cultural heritage, they also challenge the viewer's perception. Everything is redrawn and reinterpreted. Reinforcing our sense of familiarity with different things, Vik Muniz deceives us and encourages our ability to look at reality and analyse it; "vision is above all a form of intelligence, and recognition or identification a kind of comfort". EN Vik Muniz borrows images from art history, media and reality, to manipulate them. Starting with materials taken from everyday life, such as chocolate, diamond, pigment, clay or dust, Vik Muniz reconstructs an image before taking the photographs, and getting rid of the originals. At first glance, the result of his manipulations do not resemble a photograph, but the works of a magician or a virtuoso. While his photographs remind us of a collective cultural heritage, they simultaneously challenge the viewer's perception. Everything is redrawn and reinterpreted. Reinforcing our sense of familiarity toward different things, Vik Muniz deceives us and encourages our ability to look at reality and analyze it ; "the vision is primarily a form of intelligence, and recognition or identification a kind of comfort." Vik MUNIZ
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Auction time 06/04/2026 at 5:00 PM
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