{"id":6322,"date":"2016-07-28T18:18:26","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T16:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.book-a-flat.com\/magazine\/?p=6322"},"modified":"2017-01-17T10:50:25","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T09:50:25","slug":"vik-muniz-art-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.book-a-flat.com\/magazine\/en\/vik-muniz-art-paris","title":{"rendered":"Vik Muniz"},"content":{"rendered":"

Surrounded by works by Vik Muniz, the staff at Book-A-Flat was honoured to enjoy a glass of champagne with the owners of the collection at the exhibition opening held at the Maison Europ\u00e9enne de la Photographie. The agency, located 18 rue Volney, now exhibits a number of his works.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

G\u00e9raldine and Lorenz B\u00e4umer, who have been friends with the Brazilian artist for over 20 years, have decorated their home with his art.<\/p>\n

\"Vik<\/p>\n

The artist and the B\u00e4umers became friends at the end of the 1990s. Upon discovering his chocolate syrup reproduction of Hans Namuth\u2019s famous portrait of Jackson Pollock at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, they started collecting his photography.<\/p>\n

\"Vik
Vik Muniz. Action Photo, after Hans Namuth from Pictures of Chocolate<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Passionate and fascinating art collectors, they own the greatest Vik Muniz collection in France.<\/p>\n

\"Starry
Vik Muniz. Starry Night, after Van Gogh <\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Sarah
Vik Muniz. Sarah Bernhardt, after Nadar from Rebus<\/em><\/div><\/div>
\"goya
Vik Muniz. The Night Fire, after Francisco de Goya<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Vik Muniz. 16,000 yards (Le Songeur, after Corot)<\/div><\/div>
\"Medusa
Vik Muniz. Medusa Marinara<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Vend\u00f4me
The Destruction of Vend\u00f4me Colonne by Vik Muniz<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

A master of images, Vik Muniz is an illusionist who works with unexpected materials (such as toys, dust, ashes, debris, tomato sauce, etc.) in order to rebuild images that are engraved in our collective memory. He then photographs them, as a way of distancing them from us. As a jeweller, Lorenz B\u00e4umer too is a master when it comes to creativity. Just like his friend Vik Muniz, the jeweller transcends the medium. With an engineering background, geometric forms and pure lines hold no secrets for him. The virtuoso \u2013 with a boutique on Place Vend\u00f4me, the most elegant square in Paris \u2013 does not follow the classic codes of fine jewellery; his creations are both architectural and poetic, and this is what sets them apart.<\/p>\n

\"Degas
Vik Muniz. After the bath after Degas<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Vik<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Vik<\/div><\/div>
\"Vik<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

Wandering through his threaded landscapes, reproductions of the most renowned 19th century paintings and his monumental compositions in which he reconstructs famous works using torn strips of paper, his portrait of B\u00e4umer composed with the collector\u2019s own jewels and gold dust and a new installation not only provide us with a better understanding of Vik Muniz\u2019s work but are also an ode to the friendship of the two exceptional creators.<\/p>\n

\"Loren
Lorenz B\u00e4umer by Vik Muniz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Exhibition Vik Muniz<\/h5>\n

Exhibition from June 15th to August 28th at the Maison Europ\u00e9enne de la Photographie
\n5\/7 Rue de Fourcy – 75004 Paris
\nwww.mep-fr.org<\/a><\/p>\n

\"exposition<\/div><\/div>
\"paintings
Vik Muniz. Noon Rush Hour On Fifth Avenue, 1949, After Andreas Feininger<\/div><\/div>
\"exhibition<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"G\u00e9raldine<\/div>
\"Goya<\/div><\/div>
\"Museum
Maison Europ\u00e9enne de la Photographie, Paris<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

G\u00e9raldine and Lorenz B\u00e4umer’s collection. Exhibition from June to August 2016 at the Maison Europ\u00e9enne de la Photographie, Paris.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6285,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"amp_status":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.book-a-flat.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6322"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.book-a-flat.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.book-a-flat.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.book-a-flat.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.book-a-flat.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6322"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.book-a-flat.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6342,"href":"https:\/\/www.book-a-flat.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6322\/revisions\/6342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.book-a-flat.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.book-a-flat.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.book-a-flat.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.book-a-flat.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}