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Vik Muniz
dal 31/3/2004 al 1/5/2004
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31/3/2004

Vik Muniz

Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco

Rebus, an exhibition of new photographic works by Vik Muniz. Besides the Rebus series, there will also be works available from his Monad series. The term 'rebus' refers to the representation of a word or phrase by pictures that suggest its parts. In his new work, Muniz uses tiny plastic toys like soldiers, jacks, guns, cars, whistles, cowboys, Indians, and creepy-crawlers, that have certain associations, to compose an historical face or object or scene that itself has layers of meaning. Each of the five pictures in the series refers to a historical photograph with its own story.


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Rebus

During the month of April, Rena Bransten Gallery will present Rebus, an exhibition of new photographic works by Vik Muniz. Besides the Rebus series, there will also be works available from his Monad series.

The term "rebus" refers to the representation of a word or phrase by pictures that suggest its parts. In his new work, Muniz uses tiny plastic toys like soldiers, jacks, guns, cars, whistles, cowboys, Indians, and creepy-crawlers, that have certain associations, to compose an historical face or object or scene that itself has layers of meaning. Each of the five pictures in the series refers to a historical photograph with its own story. For example, Mr. Muniz recreates a photo of Alice Liddell, based on one by Lewis Carroll. Lewis Carroll's photography has been the subject of much debate as critics have alleged an obsession and voyeuristic relationship to children; that the subject of this photograph is Alice from Alice in Wonderland provides even more iconic power. With Mr. Muniz' recreation the vividly colored joyousness of the toys accentuate the ambiguity of the subject matter.

In the Monad series, layers of insects considered to be garden pests, for instance, form a single white rose bloom. Blue and gray war toys shaded by red, green, and black guns, canons, and helmets form a young soldier's face and torso. The white grounds under the toys in both pictures are convincing substitutes for both substance and highlights.

Viewing these Muniz appropriations, our minds easily bind the elements of his photographs to the original images. It is this evolving linkage of new representation-to old-to original that has fascinated Muniz throughout his career. Now that technology allows one to alter the sacred reality of the photograph, artists are at greater liberty to explore ways of tweaking that reality and raising the question of whose version is more real?

April 1 through May 1, 2004

Reception: Thursday, April 8, 5:30 – 7:30pm

Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday 10:30 to 5:30, Saturdays 11 to 5. Images are available upon request. For additional information, please visit our website.

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77 Geary Street
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