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The Artist Project: Vik Muniz

Sep 16, 2015 3 MINUTES
"The Luce Center is transgressive in that you're being empowered."

Vik Muniz reflects on The Henry R. Luce Center for the Study of American Art in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.

About the Artist
Vik Muniz, born in 1961, is a Brazilian mixed-media artist and photographer.

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A black and white photograph of a portrait of a girl created by arranging sugar on black paper

Vik Muniz (Brazilian, born Sao Paulo, 1961)

Valentine, The Fastest, 1996

Gelatin silver print; 13 3/8 × 10 1/2 in. (33.9 × 26.7 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Anonymous Gift, 1997 (1997.230.1) © Vik Muniz

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