City's supermodel has her own star Sep 10, 2008
A portion of the proceeds will benefit Centro Espacial Vik Muniz, a charity founded by Brazilian-born, Brooklyn-based artist Vik Muniz. Shutting down a stretch of Queen Street just east of Etalk's massive film festival party, Canada's Walk of Fame designated their newest stars to Bryan Adams, Frances Bay, James Cameron, kd Lang, the Kids in the Hall, Steve Nash, Michael J. Fox and Werbowy. (Mississauga News)
Muniz's work: goopy, glib, and serious art May 8, 2008
In his 2005 book Reflex: A Vik Muniz Primer, the 47-year-old Brazilian-born, internationally lauded bad boy of contemporary art notes that he has always taken humour very seriously. "Humour and visual gimmicks operate at the most basic level of art appreciation," Vik Muniz writes. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Way more than just smoke and mirrors Dec 27, 2007
al brought us great shows of prominent mid-career international figures Vik Muniz and Bruce Nauman, as well as Montrealer Pascal Grandmaison. Also, they showed some daring in their acquisitions, particularly in the purchase of Thomas Hirschhorn's apocalyptic Jumbo Spoons and Big Cake, a masterwork of installation art by one of the leading European contemporary artists. (Globe and Mail)
Humor Me: Annoying Christmas '07 Oct 16, 2007
For example, you'll need $110,000 to have Brazilian artist Vik Muniz create a portrait of you and a friend in chocolate syrup. A lot more, I assume, if you decide it's clothing optional. (KHOU.com, TX)
The contemporary picture Aug 27, 2007
al is presenting three strong shows: a group of high-realist portraits by emerging Canadian expatriate Karel Funk (paintings of young jacket-clad men, mysteriously viewed from behind); a new acquisition from the German artist Thomas Hirschhorn titled Jumbo Spoons and Big Cake (a large scale, spectacularly diverse accretion of objects celebrating a variety of utopian quests and questers, from Rosa Luxemburg to Kasimir Malevich); and a retrospective of the Brazilian artist Vik Muniz, an artist... (Globe and Mail)
Exhibition - Vik Muniz: Reflex - at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal - October 4, 2007 to January 6, 2008 Jul 24, 2007
Exhibition - Vik Muniz: Reflex - at the Mus;e d'art contemporain de Montr;al - October 4, 2007 to January 6, 2008 ... The Mus;e d'art contemporain de Montr;al presents Vik Muniz: Reflex from October 4, 2007 to January 6, 2008 ... Since the early 1990s, Brazilian artist Vik Muniz has earned an international reputation for the photographic pieces he creates out of everyday materials. (Canada Newswire)
The Hours: Visual Art of Contemporary Latin America Jun 23, 2007
Che (Black Bean Soup) by Brazilain artist Vik Muniz. Genre. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
