THE CURIOSITY REFLEX
It is thanks to his insatiable sense of curiosity that influential Brazilian artist, Vik Muniz, has been reaching out to others for the past three decades, repurposing a broad range of nontraditional materials — from magazine collage and grape vines to peanut butter and jelly — to recreate canonical artworks that change the way people see things. Writer Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle finds out about more about his journey as an artist and what truly makes him tick.
Vik Muniz, 58, is an artist who dislikes working in his studio. To be productive, he needs to learn new things and meet people. “I am not good at anything, except that I am very curious,” he confesses, “I am the most curious person I know. I’m constantly trying to work with people who are experts in what they do, be they scientists, bioengineers, astrophysicists, psychologists, perfume
