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Vik Muniz — Cupid after Caravaggio from the series Rebus
Vik Muniz

Cupid after Caravaggio from the series Rebus

In this work, Vik Muniz recreates Caravaggio's iconic *Amor Vincit Omnia* using cut-out magazine images and printed text assembled into a collage, then photographed as a chromogenic print. The layered fragments of media and language challenge the viewer to decode the image as both a visual and intellectual puzzle, consistent with Muniz's ongoing exploration of representation and perception. By reconstructing an art historical masterpiece through the detritus of contemporary print culture, Muniz invites reflection on how meaning is constructed and mediated through images.

Medium
chromogenic print

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Under the Influence

September 19, 2013

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Vik Muniz, Cupid after Caravaggio from the series Rebus

In this work, Vik Muniz recreates Caravaggio's iconic *Amor Vincit Omnia* using cut-out magazine images and printed text assembled into a collage, then photographed as a chromogenic print. The layered fragments of media and language challenge the viewer to decode the image as both a visual and intellectual puzzle, consistent with Muniz's ongoing exploration of representation and perception. By reconstructing an art historical masterpiece through the detritus of contemporary print culture, Muniz invites reflection on how meaning is constructed and mediated through images.

Medium
chromogenic print
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Postmodernism, Caravaggio Influence, Conceptual, Male Artist, Photograph, Brazilian, Brazilian Artist, Baroque, Rebus, Contemporary Photography, Appropriation Art, Dramatic Lighting, Chromogenic Print, Whimsical, Established Artist, Old Masters Reinterpretation, Playful Mood, Figurative, Cupid, Dark Background, Contemporary

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