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Jardim Gramacho Essay

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The upper-class society of Brazil gives Jardim Gramacho a bad name, one that Muniz disputes, emphasizing it as a place for the lower-class. Jardim Gramacho is seen as a place for people of low-quality and for the those who have nothing to lose or left to give, but by Muniz using the garbage and other materials found around Jardim Gramacho, he displays how beautiful this wasteland is and how important the people who live there are. When talking to his wife Muniz says, "Check out the geography of this thing. This is the end of the line, this is where everything that is not good goes. Including the people."(Wasteland) By saying this Muniz is implying that living in Jardim Gramacho is depicted as a negative place and people that are not fortunate to have money or have nothing left to live for are condemned to living there and are seen by the outside society as bad or worthless lives. The reason fom Muniz creating his sculptures out of the garbage from Jardim Gramacho is to show that there is something beautiful within the garbage which is the people. For example, one of the sculptures Muniz creates is of a man named Zumbi. The sculpture shows Zumbi smiling throwing grain out of one of the bag that the packers carry around. In the documentary Zumbi says, "Before coming to the land field we had an easy life."(Wasteland) He talks about how is parents were still alive and together and how life was good. Then one day his father died and he …show more content…

His art has helped change lives and gave others the opportunity they needed to push themselves to extraordinary lengths. He inspired the minds of the youth and helped Tiao pursue his lifetime goal. The sculptures that Vik Muniz created is an eye opener not only for Brazilian social status but an eye opener for millions across the world. Muniz art of the Pickers of Jardim Gramacho helped reach to people of higher power and help communicate to them for a helping

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