★★★ Ron Mueck★★★
Ron Mueck is an Hyperrealist sculptor. He was
origionally born in Austrailia, but has spent many
years in Great Britain making his works world
wide known. I researched his background a bit
more, his parents were toy makers so as a child
he took part in the creation of puppets and
costumes, I personally think this has a slight part
to do with art, his pieces has a slight puppet look
to them? Or is it just me that thinks that. Mueck
has had no other art education, Mueck was able
to establish a career making models for film and
television including Labyrinth (which is one of my
most favourite films ever!)and puppets for
Sesame Street. He now works in London making
props for a production company.
Mueck has devoted himself full-time to his art
entierly, he formalluly said that he was interested
in photography, but he thought that photographs
were too flat/2D so he started creating life
looking sculptures. His pieces are always either
smaller than life-size or huge, I really like this, I
think it has more of a imaginary looking feel to it,
which I love. Mueck has used fiberglass to create
his sculptures and has started using silicone, a
more flexible material that is easier to shape.
Mueck eventually switched over to fine art ,
making pieces with his mother-in-law, Paula
Rego, (Who I love, her work is a huge inspiration
to me!) His piece which made his name well
known,was dead dad. I think this piece is
beautiful.Its a haunting cast of the corpse of
Mueck’s Father. Its about 2 times smaller than
the actual scale. The hair of the finished product
is actually Mueck’s. I think thats rather touching,
its like as if he wanted to be a part of his Father,
even though he wasnt around anymore, amazing.
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