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Untitled Deck Flashcards

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Made “Marat (Sebastiao), from Pictures of Garbage”

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Vik Muniz

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Where and when was Vik Muniz born

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São Paulo, Brazil, in 1961

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Since the 1980s, where has Vik Muniz based his artistic and photographic practice

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both NYC and Rio de Janeiro

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type of work did Vik Muniz initially do following his high school studies in Brazil

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initially worked in advertising

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When did Vik Muniz move to the United States

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early 20s

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what jobs did he do before establishing his career

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worked odd jobs in Chicago and New York

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which fields did Vik Muniz establish his career, and which one made him more famous

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established his career first in sculpture and, more famously, in photography

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Made “Double Mona Lisa (Peanut Butter and Jelly)”

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Vik Muniz

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Materials used to create “Double Mona Lisa (Peanut Butter and Jelly)”

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only jelly on the left side of the composition and only peanut butter on the right side

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Made the “Mona Lisa”

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Leonardo da Vinci

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What is the final work of “Double Mona Lisa (Peanut Butter and Jelly)” take

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Side by side comparison of both the “Mona Lisa” and “Double Mona Lisa (Peanut Butter and Jelly)”

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“Double Mona Lisa (Peanut Butter and Jelly)” is part of which larger series

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After Warhol

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Which Pop artist’s work does Muniz reference with “Double Mona Lisa”, and what kind of work did this artist create featuring the “Mona Lisa”

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Pop artist Andy Warhol, who created a silk-screened side-by-side double portrait of the “Mona Lisa”

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which other contemporary icons did Andy Warhol create portraits of

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Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley

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Made “Action Photo, after Hans Namuth”

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Vik Muniz

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materials used to refashion Hans Namuth photograph in “Action Photo, after Hans Namuth”

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chocolate syrup

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depicted in Hans Namuth’s 1950 documentary photograph

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the postwar American artist Jackson Pollock at work in his studio

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year that Hans Namuth’s iconic documentary photograph of Jackson Pollock taken

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1950

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Jackson Pollock art movement

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Abstract Expressionist

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kind of painting techniques did Hans Namuth’s photographs help communicate about Jackson Pollock’s work

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the dripping, splashing, and brushing techniques that Pollock used to create his paintings

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How does the material of chocolate syrup in “Action Photo, after Hans Namuth” relate to the original photographs style and Pollock’s painting method

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chocolate syrup mimics the format of Namuth’s black-and-white photographs with its single, dark, shiny color, and it also plays with the fact that it is a material that is poured, like Pollock’s paint

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Made the series “The Best of Life”

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Vik Muniz

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What is much of the interest and pleasure that viewers draw from Vik Muniz’s photographs derived from

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their knowledge and memory of the original works that he copies

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series in which Vik Muniz developed the role of memory even more forcefully

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The Best of Life

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How did Vik Muniz create the works in “The Best of Life” series

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Muniz would sketch, from his own memory, well-known photographs from Life magazine and then re-photograph his recreation, in effect creating a photograph of a (memory) drawing of a photograph

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well-known photograph that Vik Muniz recreated from memory in “The Best of Life” series

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JFK Jr. Saluting His Father’s Coffin

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3 other photographs that Vik Muniz recreated from memory in “The Best of Life” series

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Man Stopping Tank in Beijing”, “Kiss at Times Square”, and “Man on the Moon

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Which of Muniz’s memory renderings is also referenced in “Land Mark (Foot Prints)”

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Man on the Moon

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How many attempts do Muniz’s drawings often require before they begin to mimic the original photographs

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several attempts

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What technique does Muniz use to print his drawings in “The Best of Life” series

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Muniz prints his drawings with the same halftone screen the original pictures were printed on

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What did people initially think they were seeing when looking at Muniz’s “The Best of Life” series

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People thought they were seeing bad reproductions

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What does “The Best of Life” series depend on

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cultural memory of well-known works of art

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How does “The Best of Life” series deceive its viewers

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minor alterations made to the original photographic images from Life and by presenting a photographic image that is actually a photograph of a drawing

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reflective questions does “The Best of Life” series suggest to viewers

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“Who made this image?” “How did they make it?” and “Why should I trust it?”

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Impoverished garbage pickers

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catadores (pg. 69)

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location that Muniz begin his collaboration with garbage pickers in 2008

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Jardim Gramacho, a large dump near Rio de Janeiro

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What did Muniz involve the garbage pickers in doing during his collaboration

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Muniz involved the garbage pickers in photographing them in the poses of celebrated artworks

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name of the film that documented Muniz’s process

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“Waste Land” (2010)

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According to the New York Times, what role does the informal workforce of garbage pickers play in Brazil

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They are the reason Brazil, with only a few municipal recycling programs, manages to reclaim a huge percentage of its trash

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the initial photograph of before creating “Marat (Sebastião)”

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Tião Santos

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man depicted in “Waste Land” as an organizer among the catadores of Jardim Gramacho

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Tião Santos

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French painter and painting did Muniz reference for the pose of Tião Santos

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Jacques-Louis David’s “Death of Marat” (1793)

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How did Muniz create the final artwork after taking the initial photograph

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collected waste from the landfill, assembled garbage on the floor of a nearby building, and positioned his camera above the trash to create another photograph

44
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Made the film “Waste Land”

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Lucy Walker

45
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Where did Muniz see Santos spotted near and proposed him to pose like Marat

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Near a bathtub

46
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Painting that dramatized the murder of the French painter Revolutionary leader Jean-Paul Marat in his bath

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Death of Marat

47
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Muniz photograph “Marat” mimics

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a photograph

48
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What did Muniz do with his works

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Sold them at auctions

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What did Muniz do with a portion of the profit from selling his works at auction

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gave back a portion of the profit to the catadores depicted in his works

50
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What point in his career is Muniz trying to move away from

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step away from the realm of fine arts

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What does Muniz want to achieve with his art?

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change the lives of people with the same materials they deal with every day

52
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renowned European artists that Muniz imitate in his series of photographs

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Caravaggio, Goya, Millet, and Picasso

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positive outcomes Muniz’s photographs and Walker’s film achieved

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raised awareness about the condition of catadores in Brazil and the need to reuse and recycle waste in Brazil and around the world, and they have provided direct payment for the involvement of the garbage pickers in Muniz’s project

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