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Ron Mueck's Amazing Sculptures |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 03 March 2011 )
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Ron Mueck is a London-based photo-realist artist. Born in
Melbourne,Australia, to parents who were toy makers, he labored on
children's television shows for 15 years before working in special effects
for such films as Labyrinth, a 1986 fantasy epic starring David Bowie.
Eventually Mueck concluded that photography pretty much destroys the
physical presence of the original object, and so he turned to fine art and
sculpture. In the early 1990's, still in his advertising days, Mueck was
commissioned to make something highly realistic, and was wondering what
material would do the trick. Latex was the usual, but he wanted something
harder, more precise. Luckily, he saw a little architectural decor on the
wall of a boutique and inquired as to the nice, pink stuff's nature.
Fiberglass resin was the answer, and Mueck has made it his bronze and marble
ever since
His work is lifelike but not life size, and being face to face with the
tiny, gossiping Two Women (2005) or the monumental woman In Bed (2005) is an
unforgettable experience.
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