After Van Gogh

Vik Muniz
2002

This is a remake of Van Gogh's Sunflowers, painted in 1888 It's a part of a series called "pictures of color".
  • How do you think this collage was created? What materials were used?
  • Why do you think Muniz decided to remake Van Gogh's artwork? What was the point to that?
  • Just looking at the new artwork by Vik Muniz, what kind of picture does this remind you of? Where would you see something like this, let's say at home, or at the library... or in the computer room?
  • Can you find a clue somewhere on the image that relates it to computers?

Here's the original by Van Gogh:


and the version by Vik Muniz: