Hyperrealistic Sculptures Are Equal Parts Awesome, Creepy

Australian-born sculptor, Ron Mueck, creates some of the most realistic sculptures I’ve ever seen. TwistedSifter notes: “Mueck explores the human condition and psyche, often conveying feelings of loneliness, vulnerability and alienation.”

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His art is technically intriguing …


Head Sculpture by Ron Mueck

… and emotionally unsettling …


Gigantic, Hyperrealistic Baby Sculpture by Ron Mueck © Gautier Deblonde

The sculptures are never human-size, they’re larger or smaller than life. As you move through the exhibition, that gives you a different sense of your own physicality. One minute, you’re a clumsy giant and the next minute, you’re a child at the end of the bed looking up at the mother.

Susanna Greeves

Fascinating.

For more on Mueck’s London studio and works, check out Gautier Deblonde.

(Hat tip: Melanie from TravelsWithTwo.com for sending this my way)

Founding Editor
  1. I have seen some of his work up close and it’s really astonishing. While the large pieces are what people usually talk about, the really tiny ones are just as amazing. Maybe even more so. I saw his sculpture “Dead Dad” years ago in New York at the Brooklyn Museum as part of the controversial “Sensation” exhibit. It was one of my favorite pieces of that show, and in my opinion one of the most emotional and compelling.

    You can see it on this page:
    http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/features/saltz/saltz6-6-01.asp

    I’ve seen snobbish art-critics dismiss his work as “model making” and formulaic… I don’t even know what that means in terms of refusing to recognize such remarkable talent – I guess everyone doesn’t connect with it personally like I do, but there is nothing easy or boring about what he does.

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  2. The end of my comment got cut off, but it was supposed to say:

    Anyway, thank you for posting this! I love seeing discussion about current working artists in the blogosphere.

    -Bonnie

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