For this piece, I wanted to continue building upon my idea of the hidden identity in discarded items. I decided to collage my younger brother out of his trash for this. My goals for this project are to incorporate more body language and to incorporate a background. I crafted my brother roasting a marsh mellow with the background of a forest. The trash I chose for my brother to display his identity include M&M trash, pages from children's books, Nilla Wafer trash, Sun Chips tr

Vik Muniz is a contemporary artist who makes v isual art. He was born December 12th, 1961 in São Paulo, Brazil. Through borrowing books during high school, Muniz discovered his interest for art. He moved to New York, where he officially began his artist career. Muniz is now known for his vast use of materials in his work, including chocolate, jelly, sugar, toys, magazine shreds, and trash. With these materials, he constructs images that explore both memory and perception. Som

For this piece, I want to depict the idea of identity found within discarded items. More specifically, how people's trash reveals bits of their identity. With this idea, I decided to make a self portrait of me, but out of my own trash: homework, which I will tint to be shades of gray, and black KT tape. I know this piece is going to be challenging, so I'm going to keep it in Grayscale. So far, I have painted the background blue, and I have sketched out my portrait. To act as