Joined in conversation by author and sociologist Sarah Thornton, Brazilian artist Vik Muniz will dive into his distinguished career for this Meet the Artist program. Best known for creating what he terms “photographic delusions,” Muniz began his career as a sculptor but eventually turned his attention exclusively to photography. Working with a variety of unconventional materials—such as chocolate, diamonds, dust, and sugar—the artist forms three-dimensional narratives before recording the final images with his camera. Foregrounding photography’s ability to capture and create, his work is simultaneously humorous and incisively critical. His practice often focuses on art history and its intersections with […]