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Member One Federal Credit Union sponsors internationally acclaimed artist Vik Muniz: Poetics of Perception at Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke

ROANOKE, VA (July 24, 2015) — Member One FCU is a sponsor of Taubman Museum of Art’s current exhibit, Vik Muniz: Poetics of Perception and specifically, the screening of the award-winning documentary Waste Land.

Modern artist, Vik Muniz works with so-called “catadores,” the men and women who pick through waste to create art out of recycled materials located just outside Rio de Janeiro, Jardim Gramacho, Brazil.  Jardim Gramacho is the location of the world’s largest garbage landfill. Muniz selects six of the garbage pickers to pose as subjects in a series of photographs mimicking famous paintings. The documentary depicts Muniz’s desire to assist the catadores and change their lives and he finds himself changed as well.

The exhibit will be on display from Saturday, June 13, 2015 – Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015.

Please read the full press release and more about the artist Vik Muniz: http://www.taubmanmuseum.org/main/node/1166

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