”Muniz often uses ephemeral materials, such as cotton, sugar, garbage, and chocolate syrup, to recreate famous images from art history, including works by Leonardo da Vinci, Claude Monet, Gustave Courbet, and Andy Warhol. After photographing his intricate constructions, the artist discards them, leaving his photograph as the only record of their creation.

Muniz’s Pictures of Cars series is faithful to its title: the artist literally used automobile parts to create the reproductions, including the materials used in Standard Station,after Ed Ruscha.
The full series includes recreations of two other works by Ruscha, and represents a shift away from Muniz’s typical use of ephemeral and perishable materials. By incorporating pieces of cars into the images, Muniz references Los Angeles’s storied car-culture history, as well as Ruscha’s own interest in the architecture and landscape of the American West.

”Ed Ruscha first drew the Hollywood sign in 1967 and this familiar icon has appeared in many of his paintings, drawings, and prints. The word Hollywood encapsulates an entire culture of Southern California coveted by people who do not live there, who experience it through film, television, and advertising.