Ron Mueck

While many artists strive to glamorize, and portray our world to be better than it actually is, others simply find art in our ordinary lives and our simple bodies. Mueck is one of those artists, and is now well known for his super realistic sculptures where he portrays humans at key stages in the life cycle, from birth through middle age, to death.

Ron Mueck, now working in the United Kingdom, was born in 1958 in Melbourne, Australia. The son of German-born toy-makers, he grew up making creatures, puppets and costumes in his spare time, experimenting with materials and techniques. He started his career as a model maker and puppeteer for children’s films (such as Labyrinth, The Storyteller and etc.). Later he was making photo-realistic props and animatronics for the advertising industry. In 1996 Mueck transitioned to fine art and in 1999 he was appointed as Associate Artist at the National Gallery, London.

Without further ado, let’s take a little virtual museum tour, and explore these mind-blowing photo realistic sculptures by  Ron Mueck.

Source: http://www.boredpanda.com/13-hyper-realistic-sculptures-by-ron-mueck/

We have chosen the work of Ron Mueck because with his sculptures of extraordinary proportions he portrays the fragility of human beings in the cycle of life. Although the statues are enormous the body language of these is read as weak and fragile.