Shop: Placemats by Vik Muniz @ Printed Matter
I couldn’t resist. I recently saw the Vik Muniz exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum. Muniz’s real genius shone through in this exhibit and was truly accessible to art lovers and everyone who can appreciate magic of any kind. He is the master of illusion, allusion and great art. I even bought the poster of Mona Lisa rendered in peanut butter and jelly. Should I splurge for the Muniz placemats? I will follow up with some more on Muniz at a later date, but for now… the placemats!
Mounds [Placemats]
[limited edition set of four placemats]
Vik Muniz
New York, NY: Printed Matter, Inc.. 2005
This set of four laminated placemats made especially for Printed Matter by Vik Muniz includes four different images of mounds of incongruous elements. The contents of each mound are printed in pale gray beneath the image. One of the four placemats in each set is signed and numbered on the reverse in an edition of 200.
Mound #1[pictured] contains Rat Poison, Jade Buddhas, Pectin Drops Meteorites, Taylor Pins, Aspirin, Granola, Silver Glitter, Killer Bees
Mound #2 contains Dinosaur Dung, Shredded Ezra Pound Canto (XIX), Dice, AZT, Plastic Babies, Cat Hair, Beetles
Mound #3 contains Brillo Pads, Gold scrap, Viagra, Jelly Beans, Public Hair, Curry Powder, Metal Screws, Edible Worms
Mound #4 contains California Rolls, Headless Army Men, Coke Caps, Marijuana, Poison Scorpions, Feathers, Wrist Watch Parts, Desyrel, Ô de Lancôme.
Category: Printed Matter Edition
Vik Muniz was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1961. He began his career in advertising, moving to the United States in 1984. Since 1989 he has exhibited internationally. One-person exhibitions of Muniz’s have been presented at the International Center of Photography in New York City (1998); the Museu de Arte Moderna in São Paulo and Museu de Art Moderna in Rio de Janeiro (2001); the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City (2001); the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona (2002); the Menil Collection in Houston (2002); the Museo d’Arte Contemporanea in Rome (2003); the Fundación Telefonica in Madrid (2004); and the Irish Museum of Contemporary Art in Dublin (2004). He was the Brazilian representative at the 49th Venice Biennale (2001).
