Events Item: 00003

19th Jan 2007

Vik Muniz: "Pictures of People"

Source: http://www.balticmill.com

Baltic Centre, Gateshead

31st January - 15th April 2007
Monday-Sunday 10.00-18.00. Last entry 15 minutes before closing.

The first major UK show of Brazilian artist Vik Muniz focuses on his series of portraits. The photographic images include works from art history and portraits of well-known people. His choice of materials to make his photographs reads like an extraordinary shopping list; chocolate, ink, peanut butter, sugar, soil, thread, glue, and more recently diamonds and caviar have all been used by Muniz. With a strong sense of irony and playful vitality he breathes new life into iconic images.

BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
Gateshead Quays
South Shore Road
Gateshead
NE8 3BA UK