Ron Mueck (born 1958) is an Australian hyperrealist sculptor working in the United Kingdom. His sculptures faithfully reproduce the minute detail of the human body, but play with scale to produce disconcertingly jarring visual images. His first breakthrough was when he began work on special effects for such films as the 1986 fantasy “Labyrinth” that starred David Bowie.Muek then started his own company in London, making models to be photographed for advertisements.

Eventually Mueck  turned to fine art and sculpture. In the early 1990s, 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 used it ever since.
His participation  in te exhinit Sensation: Works at the Saatchi Gallery brought him recognition, and snce posted shows at major galleries in New York, Germany, not to mention the selection for the London Millenium Dome where his five metre high sculpture Boy 1999 was a featured.

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