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Waste Land
By Walker, Lucy
- ISBN
- 978-1-42291-513-4
- Publisher
- Arthouse Films & Curiously Bright Entertainment
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Reviewed on March 4, 2011
Waste Land tells the story of the pickers (catadores) who inhabit Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest garbage dump, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. Vik Muniz, a Brooklyn, NY-based artist, returns to his home country of Brazil with the intention of using art to change people, and his medium is the materials of their everyday lives. The catadores earn money by collecting recyclables for sale. Muniz connects with some of them, then creates their portraits with their assista...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
on onMarch 4, 2011 | LJXpress
Waste Land tells the story of the pickers (catadores) who inhabit Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest garbage dump, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. Vik Muniz, a Brooklyn, NY-based artist, returns to his home country of Brazil with the intention of using art to change people, and his medium is the materials of their everyday lives. The catadores earn money by collecting recyclables for sale. Muniz connects with some of them, then creates their portraits with their assista...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
