Jelly, Garbage + Toys: Making Pictures with Vik Muniz

Jelly, Garbage + Toys As you'll discover in this book, Muniz spreads, drips, bends, sifts, and arranges his materials to make an image and then photographs it. His photographs are pictures that PLAY with your perceptions! Some you’ll be tempted to EAT—like his peanut butter and jelly portrait of Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. Others you may wish to TOUCH—like his version of Van Gogh's Starry Night using torn-up magazines. The photographs are wall-size, so every shred of printed paper is visible. Still other pictures may make you want to HOLD YOUR NOSE! Working in an immense landfill in Brazil, Muniz used materials entirely from the dump—food containers, old dishes, washing machines, toilet seats—to make huge portraits. They took up a warehouse floor! Featuring FLAPS and cool FOLDOUTS, this engaging book covers Muniz's personal story and highlights many of the unusual materials and inventive approaches he employs to create his art. Muniz’s ability to play with ideas, engage his audience in asking questions, and expand the possibilities for making pictures, has made him an art-world superstar.