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Vik Muniz — Pictures of Air (Viewing From Hiroshima, Japan)
Vik Muniz

Pictures of Air (Viewing From Hiroshima, Japan)

A sweeping cloudscape rendered in rich, atmospheric tones forms the basis of this large-scale chromogenic print by Vik Muniz. As part of his *Pictures of Air* series, Muniz captures the ephemeral and intangible, photographing the sky over Hiroshima to evoke a profound sense of history, memory, and absence. The work transforms something as weightless and fleeting as air into a charged visual meditation on place and collective trauma.

Medium
chromogenic print

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Contemporary Day Sale

July 3, 2014

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Vik Muniz, Pictures of Air (Viewing From Hiroshima, Japan)

A sweeping cloudscape rendered in rich, atmospheric tones forms the basis of this large-scale chromogenic print by Vik Muniz. As part of his *Pictures of Air* series, Muniz captures the ephemeral and intangible, photographing the sky over Hiroshima to evoke a profound sense of history, memory, and absence. The work transforms something as weightless and fleeting as air into a charged visual meditation on place and collective trauma.

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

Related themes

Monochrome, Serene, Conceptual, Documentary, Minimalist, Photograph, Brazilian, Nature, Air, Contemporary

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Sarah Greenspan, Alex Capecelatro