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Vik Muniz — Reversal Grey Marilyn (Pictures of Diamond Dust)
Vik Muniz

Reversal Grey Marilyn (Pictures of Diamond Dust)

2003

Created by Brazilian artist Vik Muniz, this work belongs to his celebrated *Pictures of Diamond Dust* series, in which he recreated iconic images using actual diamond dust sprinkled onto paper before photographing the results. The piece reimagines Andy Warhol's legendary silkscreen portrait of Marilyn Monroe, inverting its tonal values to produce a ghostly, reversed image that simultaneously references and deconstructs Pop Art's obsession with celebrity. The glittering material lends the work an ethereal luminosity, underscoring the tension between glamour and ephemerality that defined Monroe's public image.

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Vik Muniz, Reversal Grey Marilyn (Pictures of Diamond Dust), 2003

Created by Brazilian artist Vik Muniz, this work belongs to his celebrated *Pictures of Diamond Dust* series, in which he recreated iconic images using actual diamond dust sprinkled onto paper before photographing the results. The piece reimagines Andy Warhol's legendary silkscreen portrait of Marilyn Monroe, inverting its tonal values to produce a ghostly, reversed image that simultaneously references and deconstructs Pop Art's obsession with celebrity. The glittering material lends the work an ethereal luminosity, underscoring the tension between glamour and ephemerality that defined Monroe's public image.

Year
2003
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Conceptual Photography, Male Artist, Brazilian Artist, Mixed Media, Photographic Work, Contemporary Artist, Appropriation Art, Pop Art, Celebrity Subject, Marilyn Monroe, Glamour and Irony, Glamorous Mood, Late 20th Century, Portrait, Monochromatic, Iconic Imagery, Photography-based

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Sarah Greenspan, Alex Capecelatro