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Vik Muniz — Starry Night, after Van Gogh from Pictures of Magazines 2
Vik Muniz

Starry Night, after Van Gogh from Pictures of Magazines 2

Using thousands of meticulously arranged magazine clippings, Vik Muniz recreates Van Gogh's iconic swirling nocturnal landscape in a stunning act of visual transformation. The vibrant fragments of printed paper — selected for their colors and textures — coalesce into the beloved undulating sky, crescent moon, and glowing village below. Photographed as a chromogenic print, the work challenges perception, inviting viewers to oscillate between recognizing the masterpiece and discovering the mass-media detritus from which it is constructed.

Medium
Chromogenic print.

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April 4, 2017

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Vik Muniz, Starry Night, after Van Gogh from Pictures of Magazines 2

Using thousands of meticulously arranged magazine clippings, Vik Muniz recreates Van Gogh's iconic swirling nocturnal landscape in a stunning act of visual transformation. The vibrant fragments of printed paper — selected for their colors and textures — coalesce into the beloved undulating sky, crescent moon, and glowing village below. Photographed as a chromogenic print, the work challenges perception, inviting viewers to oscillate between recognizing the masterpiece and discovering the mass-media detritus from which it is constructed.

Medium
Chromogenic print.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Reinterpretation, Photography, Magazine, Artistic, Brazilian, Mixed Media, Chromogenic Print, Colorful, Starry Night, Contemporary

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Collected by

Sarah Greenspan, Alex Capecelatro