White Flag (After Jasper Johns)
A large-scale work by Vik Muniz depicting the American flag in his characteristic technique of constructing imagery from accumulated fragments of paper ephemera, collage elements, and found materials, photographed to create a unified composition. The white-on-white palette references Jasper Johns' iconic 'White Flag,' while Muniz's layered assemblage approach transforms the patriotic symbol into a meditation on image-making, reproduction, and cultural iconography. The work exemplifies Muniz's practice of reimagining canonical artworks through meticulous material accumulation and photographic documentation.
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Sandy Skoglund
American · b. 1946
Skoglund constructs elaborately staged photographic tableaux using unconventional materials and obsessive repetition to create surreal images that are then photographed, mirroring Muniz's process of building images from unexpected substances to be captured and perceived as photography.
Gabriel Orozco
Mexican · b. 1962
Orozco similarly uses everyday and found materials to construct conceptually rich works that question perception and representation, often documenting ephemeral material arrangements through photography in a way that parallels Muniz's material to image transformation.
Thomas Demand
German · b. 1964
Demand meticulously constructs scenes from paper and cardboard before photographing and destroying them, sharing Muniz's core strategy of using an unconventional material construction process to produce a final photographic image that challenges the viewer's understanding of reality and representation.
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