Vik Muniz
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Vik Muniz is a Brazilian contemporary artist renowned for creating intricate images from unconventional materials such as sugar, chocolate, garbage, and magazine clippings, which he then photographs as the final artwork.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vik Muniz canonical | 30 |
| Vik Muniz (artist) | 1 |
| Vik Muniz (born 1961) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1170265 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vik Muniz Context triple: [Escola Nacional de Belas Artes, hasNotableAlumni, Vik Muniz]
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A.
Mira Schendel
Mira Schendel was a Swiss-born Brazilian artist renowned for her innovative conceptual works that explored language, materiality, and perception, making her a central figure in postwar Latin American art.
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B.
Beatriz Milhazes
Beatriz Milhazes is a Brazilian contemporary artist renowned for her vibrant, large-scale abstract paintings that blend modernist geometry with motifs from Brazilian culture and decorative arts.
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C.
Maurizio Cattelan
Maurizio Cattelan is an Italian contemporary artist known for his provocative, satirical sculptures and installations that often challenge social and political norms.
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D.
A. R. Penck
A. R. Penck was a German neo-expressionist painter, printmaker, and sculptor known for his primitive, pictographic style and politically charged works created in both East and West Germany.
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E.
Christina Oiticica
Christina Oiticica is a Brazilian visual artist known for her experimental, nature-integrated works and her long-time partnership with writer Paulo Coelho.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vik Muniz Target entity description: Vik Muniz is a Brazilian contemporary artist renowned for creating intricate images from unconventional materials such as sugar, chocolate, garbage, and magazine clippings, which he then photographs as the final artwork.
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A.
Mira Schendel
Mira Schendel was a Swiss-born Brazilian artist renowned for her innovative conceptual works that explored language, materiality, and perception, making her a central figure in postwar Latin American art.
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B.
Beatriz Milhazes
Beatriz Milhazes is a Brazilian contemporary artist renowned for her vibrant, large-scale abstract paintings that blend modernist geometry with motifs from Brazilian culture and decorative arts.
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C.
Maurizio Cattelan
Maurizio Cattelan is an Italian contemporary artist known for his provocative, satirical sculptures and installations that often challenge social and political norms.
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D.
A. R. Penck
A. R. Penck was a German neo-expressionist painter, printmaker, and sculptor known for his primitive, pictographic style and politically charged works created in both East and West Germany.
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E.
Christina Oiticica
Christina Oiticica is a Brazilian visual artist known for her experimental, nature-integrated works and her long-time partnership with writer Paulo Coelho.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (66)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
conceptual artist
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contemporary artist ⓘ human ⓘ photographer ⓘ visual artist ⓘ |
| artForm |
installation art
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mixed media ⓘ photography ⓘ |
| artisticApproach | constructs images from materials then photographs them ⓘ |
| artisticTheme |
memory and visual culture
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perception and representation ⓘ |
| birthName | Vicente José de Oliveira Muniz ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Brazil ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Brazil
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United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
appropriation art
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photographic reproduction of constructed scenes ⓘ |
| genre |
landscape
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portrait ⓘ still life ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://vikmuniz.net ⓘ |
| hasWorkInCollection |
Guggenheim Museum
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linked to:
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo ⓘ Museum of Modern Art, New York ⓘ
linked to:
Museum of Modern Art
Tate Modern ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Portuguese ⓘ |
| movement |
conceptual art
ⓘ
contemporary art ⓘ |
| name | Vik Muniz ⓘ |
| notableFor |
creating images from unconventional materials
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photographing constructed images as final artworks ⓘ recreating iconic images from art history and popular culture ⓘ |
| notableWork |
After Caravaggio
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After Da Vinci ⓘ After Degas ⓘ After Goya ⓘ After Monet ⓘ After Picasso ⓘ After Rembrandt ⓘ After Turner ⓘ After Van Gogh ⓘ After Warhol ⓘ Equivalents ⓘ Pictures of Chocolate ⓘ Pictures of Dust ⓘ Pictures of Garbage ⓘ Pictures of Magazine ⓘ Sugar Children ⓘ Verso series ⓘ
linked to:
Verso Books
|
| occupation |
artist
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photographer ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Venice Biennale ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | São Paulo ⓘ |
| residence |
New York City
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Rio de Janeiro ⓘ |
| usesMaterial |
caviar
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chocolate syrup ⓘ diamonds ⓘ dust ⓘ garbage ⓘ magazine clippings ⓘ sugar ⓘ thread ⓘ wire ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Vik Muniz Description of subject: Vik Muniz is a Brazilian contemporary artist renowned for creating intricate images from unconventional materials such as sugar, chocolate, garbage, and magazine clippings, which he then photographs as the final artwork.
Referenced by (32)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Vik Muniz
linked to: Vik Muniz