Anatomy, after Francesco Bertinatti (Pictures of Junk)

Noble and his collaborator Sue Webster arrange piles of salvaged trash and found detritus to create recognizable figurative forms, directly paralleling Muniz's method of constructing human anatomy from discarded industrial refuse. Both practices transform junk into contemplative figurative imagery through careful arrangement before the final work is captured or projected.

Friedman obsessively constructs recognizable figurative and anatomical subjects from mundane discarded or found materials, sharing Muniz's conceptual strategy of elevating refuse into classical imagery. His work similarly collapses high and low culture by rendering serious subject matter through painstaking accumulation of throwaway objects.

El Anatsui creates large format monumental works by meticulously assembling discarded industrial and consumer waste including bottle caps and metal scraps into dense figurative and textural compositions, closely mirroring Muniz's use of salvaged circuit boards and metal debris to reconstruct classical imagery at grand scale.