AK CONTEMPORARY: VIK MUNIZ
Friday, November 2, 2012, 5:15 pm
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FREE for Members
$5 for non-members
Auditorium
$5 for non-members
Auditorium
5:15 pm
Lecture: “Vik Muniz: Imagery in Art”With Assistant Curator of Education Jessica DiPalma
Lecture: “Vik Muniz: Imagery in Art”With Assistant Curator of Education Jessica DiPalma
5:45 pm
Film: Waste Land, 2010Filmed over nearly three years, Waste Land follows Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world’s largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band ofcatadores—self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. Muniz’s initial objective was to “paint” the catadores with garbage. However, his collaboration with these inspiring characters as they re-create photographic images of themselves out of garbage reveals both the dignity and despair of the catadoresas they begin to reimagine their lives. Director Lucy Walker and Co-directors Joãs Jardim and Karen Harley have great access to the entire process and, in the end, offer stirring evidence of the transformative power of art and the alchemy of the human spirit.
Film: Waste Land, 2010Filmed over nearly three years, Waste Land follows Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world’s largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band ofcatadores—self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. Muniz’s initial objective was to “paint” the catadores with garbage. However, his collaboration with these inspiring characters as they re-create photographic images of themselves out of garbage reveals both the dignity and despair of the catadoresas they begin to reimagine their lives. Director Lucy Walker and Co-directors Joãs Jardim and Karen Harley have great access to the entire process and, in the end, offer stirring evidence of the transformative power of art and the alchemy of the human spirit.
ABOUT AK CONTEMPORARY
AK Contemporary is a new series at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery that will focus on contemporary artists. Each program will begin with a lecture in which Assistant Curator of Education Jessica DiPalma will provide an in-depth look at the artist’s life and work and will conclude with the screening of a documentary film in which the artist is featured. This series will mark the first time many of these films have been screened in Western New York.
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