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Image of Self-portrait (I am too sad to tell you after Bas Jan Ader)

Self-portrait (I am too sad to tell you after Bas Jan Ader)
Photograph

2003
71 3/4 x 87 3/4 in. (182.25 x 222.89 cm)

Vik Muniz ( São Paulo, Brazil, 1961 - )

Object Type: Photograph
Medium and Support: Cibachrome print on paper
Credit Line: Museum purchase with funds contributed by the Council of 100
Accession Number: 2005.14

Exhibition


So, Who Do You Think You Are?, September 25, 2011 - January 15, 2012
New Wing, Second Floor, Central Skylight Gallery, San José Museum of Art.

Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection, July 30, 2007 - September 9, 2007, San José Museum of Art.

New Year, New Gifts, December 16, 2006 – May 20. 2007, New Wing, Second Floor, North and South Metro A Galleries, San José Museum of Art.

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So, Who Do You Think You Are? (2011-2012)

Vik Muniz’s photographic work often alludes to well-known images from art history and pop culture. In Self-Portrait (I am too sad to tell you, after Bas Jan Ader), Muniz appropriated imagery from the performance film work I’m too sad to tell you (1971) by Dutch conceptual artist Bas Jan Ader (1942 – 1975). Employing an assortment of plastic toys, crayons, and building blocks, Muniz arranged the objects in his photograph into a likeness of himself, mimicking the anguished expression Ader wore throughout his film. By using children’s toys to outline the contours of his face, hand, and arm, Muniz brought a touch of playfulness to a self-portrait that deals with grief and remorse.

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