Four of the Print Collectors managed to make the final weekend of MOMA's Artist's Choice + Vik Muniz = REBUS (and we even managed to get one of the MFA's curators to take the spin with us). What fun! We're all Muniz fans, but this exhibition did not contain any of Muniz' art, rather it consisted entirely of pieces chosen by Muniz from MOMA's permanent collection. The individual pieces -- all interesting -- were not the point; rather the relationship between one piece and the next (and the next) created a logical adventure.
As an example, a photograph of a man on a subway holding a goldfish by Philip-Lorca di Corcia, was followed by a yellow-gold hued painting, by Ellsworth Kelly, followed by a "Yolk" sculpture by Kiki Smith, then an egg timer designed by Rodolfo Bonett0 -- (Goldfish -> Gold -> golden egg yolk -> egg timer).
Some of the transitions were easier to guess than others and I'll admit it took me a while to realize that Vija Celmins stone sculpture, followed by a pair of Henckels shears, then Martin Creed's sheet of paper crumpled into a ball translated to: rock, scissors, paper!
Muniz managed to keep us guessing through 82 works ending finishing up with Ed Ruscha's "The End" and finally an EXIT sign designed by Wamble, Finley and Thorne.
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