In the back of every painting there's an entire universe that makes it possible for the painting to be there: an army of conservators, technicians, people who maintain these things, the market.
Art objects are inanimate sad bits of matter hanging in the dark when no one is looking. The artist only does half the work; the viewer has to come u… - Vik Muniz
Art objects are inanimate sad bits of matter hanging in the dark when no one is looking. The artist only does half the work; the viewer has to come u…
- Vik Muniz
A lot of the time you keep looking for beauty, but it is already there. And if you look with a little bit more intention, you see it. - Vik Muniz
A lot of the time you keep looking for beauty, but it is already there. And if you look with a little bit more intention, you see it.
When someone tells you it’s a grain of sand, there’s a moment where your reality falls apart and you have to reconstruct it. You have to step back an… - Vik Muniz
When someone tells you it’s a grain of sand, there’s a moment where your reality falls apart and you have to reconstruct it. You have to step back an…
I'm not creating art that starts with politics or starts with ethics. I feel I am a conceptual artist because my art is more concerned with epistemol… - Vik Muniz
I'm not creating art that starts with politics or starts with ethics. I feel I am a conceptual artist because my art is more concerned with epistemol…
Whenever I am tired of making photographs of drawings, I make drawings of photographs. - Vik Muniz
Whenever I am tired of making photographs of drawings, I make drawings of photographs.
The great challenge is how to make smart, intelligent art that can speak to everybody. - Vik Muniz
The great challenge is how to make smart, intelligent art that can speak to everybody.
The moment when one thing turns into another is the most beautiful moment. A combination of sounds turns into music. And that applies to everything. - Vik Muniz
The moment when one thing turns into another is the most beautiful moment. A combination of sounds turns into music. And that applies to everything.
It's not about fooling somebody, it's actually giving somebody a measure of their own belief: how much you want to be fooled. That's why we pay to go… - Vik Muniz
It's not about fooling somebody, it's actually giving somebody a measure of their own belief: how much you want to be fooled. That's why we pay to go…
I hate to say I'm a photographer, because I learned photography as I went along. But I also hate to say I'm a painter, a draftsman, even an artist. I… - Vik Muniz
I hate to say I'm a photographer, because I learned photography as I went along. But I also hate to say I'm a painter, a draftsman, even an artist. I…
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