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Known for constructing replica of famous artworks from unlikely materials (a well-known image of Jackson Pollock rendered in drizzled chocolate, junk from a landfill arranged to resemble a Picasso painting), Vik Muniz<\/a>\u2019s latest exhibition at Chelsea\u2019s Sikkema Jenkins & Co<\/a> includes new images of American icons constructed from shredded US currency.\u00a0 Sourced from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the bills are arranged to picture individuals including Harriet Tubman (whose image is scheduled to appear on the $20 bill staring in 2030) and the Lakota chief American Horse as well as images seen as representing the country, like the American eagle and this bison.\u00a0 Once symbolic of the vast and fertile North American landscape, informed contemporary viewers might now see bison as victims of mass slaughter by European settlers. (On view in Chelsea through April 27th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n

Vik Muniz, American Bison, after John James Audubon, Legal Tender, archival inkjet print, 40 x 49 \u00bd , 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Vik Muniz, (detail) American Bison, after John James Audubon, Legal Tender, archival inkjet print, 40 x 49 \u00bd , 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Known for constructing replica of famous artworks from unlikely materials (a well-known image of Jackson Pollock rendered in drizzled chocolate, junk from a landfill arranged to resemble a Picasso painting), Vik Muniz\u2019s latest exhibition at Chelsea\u2019s Sikkema Jenkins & Co includes new images of American icons constructed from shredded US currency.\u00a0 Sourced from the Federal … <\/p>\n

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