The Comparison of Vik Muniz and Frida Kahlo There are a few movies or documentaries involving either Vik Muniz or Frida Kahlo. Both individuals have completely different backgrounds, but share the common interest which is art itself. The artists have answered some questions in some unique and vague ways through out their life such as inspiration, metaphors, and so forth, leaving us to wonder how these two are alike in the end as well as different. Vik Muniz was born in Brazil in 1961 (“Vik Muniz”). He left the country after being shot in the leg as was said in the documentary “Wasteland” and came to the United States where he became an artist. “He became influenced by optical illusions, photo-realist painting, sight gags, abstractions, and
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Also, like most artist he became inspired by famous pieces of art done throughout history. Although Vik’s inspiration to work with garage or better yet recyclables is better left in his own words, “If you are a visual artist, garage becomes a very interesting material to work with because it’s the most none-visual of the materials. You are working with something that you usually tried to hide” (Lucas) (Wasteland). His mediums are a new and innovative way to use normal day to day things like chocolate syrup, sugar, trash, gel, honey, dust, toy soldiers, and many other materials (Abreu). He also uses double entendres in his photos making one look closer at the images than one would normally do. For example, he did a replica of a Civil War soldier portrait out of toy soldiers (Kino). Mr. Muniz’s impact on society is to make them question who art is made for, why art is made in the first place, and how one small piece can change an entire group’s way of thinking (Wasteland Discussion Guide). Thus, in the documentary Wasteland, when he traveled to …show more content…
She grew up during the Mexican Revolution and had suffered Polio at the age of nine. Unlike many others, she had survived the disease with only a limp. Then, overcome teasing from other children, her father showed her how to swim, box, and a few other activities that were un-lady like back in those days. Soon, she grew into a young woman about to grasp the world by storm when a bus accident when she was seventeen would cause serious injuries that would forever hinder her for the rest of her days. Though she grew bored with lying in her bed with nothing to do, she soon began to paint and slowly the artist within her began to arise. At the age of twenty-one, she could finally leave her home and met her future husband Diego again. After Frida showed some of her paintings to Diego after calling him down from his scaffold one night, their relationship seemed to grow until they were married on August 21, 1929. As the years go by, she continues to paint until one day in an American hospital after a miscarriage, she discovered she could express her pain and suffering in her work that let others feel what she was feeling. She did not follow the norm of most Mexican painters who painted politics and social issues, instead she painted about herself, and finding a place in history, one being in the world. She never really sold many paintings in her lifetime, however, she always made it clear to anyone
Also, like most artist he became inspired by famous pieces of art done throughout history. Although Vik’s inspiration to work with garage or better yet recyclables is better left in his own words, “If you are a visual artist, garage becomes a very interesting material to work with because it’s the most none-visual of the materials. You are working with something that you usually tried to hide” (Lucas) (Wasteland). His mediums are a new and innovative way to use normal day to day things like chocolate syrup, sugar, trash, gel, honey, dust, toy soldiers, and many other materials (Abreu). He also uses double entendres in his photos making one look closer at the images than one would normally do. For example, he did a replica of a Civil War soldier portrait out of toy soldiers (Kino). Mr. Muniz’s impact on society is to make them question who art is made for, why art is made in the first place, and how one small piece can change an entire group’s way of thinking (Wasteland Discussion Guide). Thus, in the documentary Wasteland, when he traveled to …show more content…
She grew up during the Mexican Revolution and had suffered Polio at the age of nine. Unlike many others, she had survived the disease with only a limp. Then, overcome teasing from other children, her father showed her how to swim, box, and a few other activities that were un-lady like back in those days. Soon, she grew into a young woman about to grasp the world by storm when a bus accident when she was seventeen would cause serious injuries that would forever hinder her for the rest of her days. Though she grew bored with lying in her bed with nothing to do, she soon began to paint and slowly the artist within her began to arise. At the age of twenty-one, she could finally leave her home and met her future husband Diego again. After Frida showed some of her paintings to Diego after calling him down from his scaffold one night, their relationship seemed to grow until they were married on August 21, 1929. As the years go by, she continues to paint until one day in an American hospital after a miscarriage, she discovered she could express her pain and suffering in her work that let others feel what she was feeling. She did not follow the norm of most Mexican painters who painted politics and social issues, instead she painted about herself, and finding a place in history, one being in the world. She never really sold many paintings in her lifetime, however, she always made it clear to anyone