Vik Muniz, Tim Baker, and others
Jorge
2002
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Photogravure on silk collé, Sheet: 1327 x 1048 mm. (52 1/4 x 41 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Purchased as the gift of Sylvia Cordish, Baltimore
Object Number
2009.129
Vik Muniz creates intricate but temporary constructions and collages out of materials such as garbage, food, paper fragments, and in this case,
paper dots punched from celebrity magazines. Limited edition photographs of these assemblages are all that remain of his creative process.
Up close, the chaotic arrangement of punched-hole dots reveals bar codes, faces, and words. From a distance, the portrait of Munioz's friend,
the Brazilian musician Seu Jorge, emerges.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2009; Graphicstudio, USF, Tampa
Ann Shafer, BMA, "On the Mark: Contemporary Works on Paper," 3 July - 12 September 2010.
Inscribed: lower left in graphite: "18/18"; lower right in graphite: "Vik Muniz 2003"
Markings: Chop: Graphicstudio & Tim Baker
