Assignment No 4
Who is Ron Mueck? (OB2)
INTRODUCTION
Ron Mueck (born 1958) is an Australian hyperrealist sculptor working in Great Britain. Mueck's early career was as a model maker and puppeteer for children's television and films, notably the film Labyrinth for which he also contributed the voice of Ludo, and the Jim Henson series The Storyteller.
EDUCATION
He has studied in the Royal Academy Of Arts.
BACKGROUND
Ron Mueck was born during the year of 1958, in the capital of Australia, Melbourne, to German parents.The son of toy-makers, he grew up making all sorts of creatures, dolls and outfits in his spare time, experimenting with different materials and techniques. He had a family business of puppetry and doll making.
He began his carrier making puppets for children television, including a stint with Jim Henson and Sesame street Since 1996, he has devoted himself full time to his art.When he moved to fine arts in 1996 , Ron started collaborating with his mother-in-law , Paula Rego, to produce small figures intended to be a part of a tableau showing at the Hayward Gallery.
WORK MATERIAL
His earlier pieces were sculpted with fiber glass,but recently he has begun to work with silicon, which is more flexible and allows greater ease in shaping body parts and implanting hair.
nylon line
resin
fiberglass
silicon
polyster
mix media
silicon rubber
synthetic polymer paint
polyurethane
styrens
aluminium
wood
horse hair
synthetic hair
steel
plywood
clay
Size
Proportion is how different elements used in a room relate to the sixe of each other. Scale is the actual size of one piece of furnishings. Recently while on holidays in Melbourne, I went to see an exhibition in The National Gallery of Victoria by hyperrealist sculptor Ron Mueck. Having heard about his lifelike but not life-size human sculptures, I was very excited to enter into his world. I was keen to see the way Mueck plays with scale and creates human sculptures presented at all stages of life.
the scale of his sculptures, often making things a lot bigger or a lot smaller than what they logically should be. He explains such a manner with the following statement: I never made life-size figures because it never seemed to be interesting. We meet life-size people every day.
WORK STATEMENT
The first thing one notices about Ron Mueck's sculptures is the hyper-realism ... it looks like real skin that you want to reach out and touch. The wrinkles, hair, and even the stubble are all very convincing. However, in Mueck's sculpture, it's the range of sizes and scale that transforms this work - since everything is either smaller or larger than life, the scale alters the realism and entices the viewer with a sense of wonder.
Who is Ron Mueck? (OB2)
INTRODUCTION
Ron Mueck (born 1958) is an Australian hyperrealist sculptor working in Great Britain. Mueck's early career was as a model maker and puppeteer for children's television and films, notably the film Labyrinth for which he also contributed the voice of Ludo, and the Jim Henson series The Storyteller.
EDUCATION
He has studied in the Royal Academy Of Arts.
BACKGROUND
Ron Mueck was born during the year of 1958, in the capital of Australia, Melbourne, to German parents.The son of toy-makers, he grew up making all sorts of creatures, dolls and outfits in his spare time, experimenting with different materials and techniques. He had a family business of puppetry and doll making.
He began his carrier making puppets for children television, including a stint with Jim Henson and Sesame street Since 1996, he has devoted himself full time to his art.When he moved to fine arts in 1996 , Ron started collaborating with his mother-in-law , Paula Rego, to produce small figures intended to be a part of a tableau showing at the Hayward Gallery.
WORK MATERIAL
His earlier pieces were sculpted with fiber glass,but recently he has begun to work with silicon, which is more flexible and allows greater ease in shaping body parts and implanting hair.
nylon line
resin
fiberglass
silicon
polyster
mix media
silicon rubber
synthetic polymer paint
polyurethane
styrens
aluminium
wood
horse hair
synthetic hair
steel
plywood
clay
Size
Proportion is how different elements used in a room relate to the sixe of each other. Scale is the actual size of one piece of furnishings. Recently while on holidays in Melbourne, I went to see an exhibition in The National Gallery of Victoria by hyperrealist sculptor Ron Mueck. Having heard about his lifelike but not life-size human sculptures, I was very excited to enter into his world. I was keen to see the way Mueck plays with scale and creates human sculptures presented at all stages of life.
the scale of his sculptures, often making things a lot bigger or a lot smaller than what they logically should be. He explains such a manner with the following statement: I never made life-size figures because it never seemed to be interesting. We meet life-size people every day.
WORK STATEMENT
The first thing one notices about Ron Mueck's sculptures is the hyper-realism ... it looks like real skin that you want to reach out and touch. The wrinkles, hair, and even the stubble are all very convincing. However, in Mueck's sculpture, it's the range of sizes and scale that transforms this work - since everything is either smaller or larger than life, the scale alters the realism and entices the viewer with a sense of wonder.
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