Vik Muniz is a Brazilian artist currently working out of New York.
Muniz is well known for his broad range of experimental works. While he started his career as a sculptor, his practice today is almost entirely photo-based — creating works but then photographing them.
Muniz’s interest in human visual understanding is the running theme behind the majority of his work, of which a photograph called Key, from Earthworks is a perfect example. The "Earthworks" series also includes images of electrical outlets, tobacco pipes, footprints, scissors, dice, paper airplanes, envelopes, and coat hangers. The juxtaposition of intimate, inanimate objects and the living, changing landscape renders this photographic series truly striking.
Muniz's innovative and shifting methods of visual communication are what constantly earn him recognition and admiration internationally. He frequently destabilizes the conventions of the art history canon by revisiting or appropriating conventions and icons but realizing them in unconventional materials and creative strategies.
Muniz's work can be found in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Tate, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art to name a few.
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Vik Muniz Button Coffee Table in Brazilian Wood by +55design
By Vik Muniz
Located in Jardim America, SP
Renowned Brazilian artist and button collector Vik Muniz reimagines a small everyday object on a grand scale with this sculptural coffee table, designed in collaboration with +55desi...
Hardwood
Vik Muniz Side Table – Handcrafted Leather, Brass, FSC Wood in 3 Tones
By Vik Muniz
Located in Jardim America, SP
Designed by renowned Brazilian artist Vik Muniz, this striking side table reimagines the everyday needle reel in a bold, sculptural form. Enlarged in scale and offered in three rich ...
Leather, Hardwood
Vik Muniz Button Side Table – FSC Tauari Wood, Sculptural Design by +55design
By Vik Muniz
Located in Jardim America, SP
Renowned Brazilian artist Vik Muniz, known for his playful and conceptual approach to everyday objects, reimagines the humble button in this sculptural side table created in an exclu...
Hardwood
$1,235
H 18.51 in W 13.78 in D 11.82 in
Sculptural Side Table, Stool, Solid Wood, Walnut, Contemporary Design, Logniture
By Logniture
Located in Stara Gradiška, HR
This is one of those pieces where the wood and the maker seem to have arrived at the form together. Carved from a single solid log, the body tapers and swells with a fluidity that fe...
Wood, Walnut
Handcrafted English Ash Side Table
By SUM Furniture
Located in London, GB
Beautifully hand-turned and handcrafted in solid Ash, this side table is a sculptural study in form, texture, and material. Designed and made by our craftsman in England, the piece e...
Ash
Handcrafted Walnut Side Table
By SUM Furniture
Located in London, GB
Beautifully hand-turned and handcrafted in solid American black walnut, this side table is a sculptural study in form, texture, and material. Designed and made by our craftsman in En...
Walnut
Brazilian Designer, Coffee Table, Wood, Brazil, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A wood coffee table designed and produced in Brazil, c. 1970s. Wear consistent with age and use. Complimentary touch ups available upon request. Overall Dimensions (inches): 16.0"H...
Wood
$1,351
H 18.51 in W 10.24 in D 13.39 in
Sculptural Side Table, Stool, Solid Wood, Walnut, Contemporary Design, Logniture
By Logniture
Located in Stara Gradiška, HR
This unique side table or stool is a one-of-a-kind functional sculpture, carved from a single piece of wood to highlight its organic character and structural permanence. Its form fea...
Wood, Walnut
Handcrafted English Side Drink Table
By SUM Furniture
Located in London, GB
Beautifully hand turned and handcrafted English sycamore/maple and walnut side table in the modernist design. The top surface has a pillowed ripple turned underside and the base a su...
Sycamore, Walnut, Maple
Handcrafted Modernist Side Drink Table
By SUM Furniture
Located in London, GB
Beautifully hand-turned and handcrafted in solid English Ash, this side table is a sculptural study in form, texture, and material. Designed and made by our craftsman in England, the...
Ash
$836
H 18.51 in W 11.03 in D 12.21 in
Sculptural Side Table, Stool, Solid Wood, Walnut, Contemporary Design, Logniture
By Logniture
Located in Stara Gradiška, HR
This extraordinary sculptural side table is a one of a kind piece, carved entirely by hand from a single solid hardwood log. Its captivating form is defined by an elegant, continuous...
Wood, Walnut
$1,353
H 19.3 in W 15.36 in D 12.21 in
Sculptural Side Table, Stool, Solid Wood, Walnut, Contemporary Design, Logniture
By Logniture
Located in Stara Gradiška, HR
This piece shows what happens when the wood is allowed to lead. Carved from a single solid log, the form follows the natural movement of the timber rather than imposing geometry onto...
Wood, Walnut
$1,234
H 20.08 in W 11.03 in D 13 in
Sculptural Side Table, Stool, Solid Wood, Walnut, Contemporary Design, Logniture
By Logniture
Located in Stara Gradiška, HR
This unique stool is a functional work of art, carved from a single piece of wood to showcase its natural flow and structural beauty. Its form features a smooth, rounded top that tap...
Wood, Walnut
$2,400 / item
H 20 in W 14 in D 14 in
Sculptural Teak Wood Side Table by Andrianna Shamaris, Modern Design
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
A century old teak wood mortar originally used to grind rice, is repurposed into this minimalist tall side table, stool or pedestal. We first turned it upside down and smoothed out t...
Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
Brazilian Designer, Coffee Table, Wood, Glass, Brazil, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A wood and glass coffee table designed and produced in Brazil, c. 1950s. Light scratching and discoloration throughout wood. Dimensions: 13.25” H x 47” W x 24.25” D
Glass, Wood