Ron Mueck: Hyper-Realist Sculptor
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He so nearly captures that extra bit, what we call the soul or spirit, that flame inside that makes us ourselves. He takes one to the very edge of the idea of life, calls into question what it is to be a person, what it is to be human. - Marina Warner.
Ron Mueck is an Australian hyper-realist sculptor working in the UK. His incredible sculptures of creepy, grotesque, mottled skin and uncannily gigantic proportional figures have adorned the Millennium Dome as well as Charles Saatchi’s living room for a number of years now. It would be fair to say, Mueck’s one of the leading contemporary artists of today.
His early career was as a model maker and puppeteer for children’s television and films, notably the film “Labyrinth” staring Bowie. Mueck moved on to establish his own company in London, making photo-realistic props and animatronics for the advertising industry. This eventually led him to conclude, “photography pretty much destroys the physical presence of the original object”, and so he turned to fine art, in particular, 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 made it his bronze and marble ever since.
It’s the attention to detail, technical brilliance and the (odd) scale of his figures that takes your breath away. His work, while proportionally correct, is either over or under-sized. For example, an enormous 4.5m crouching Boy, a 3 ft tall naked man, a 20 ft long newborn, a replica of his own head (seen above) 6 times its actual size. Consequently his hyper-realistic sculptures, while extraordinarily lifelike, challenge us by their odd scale. The “psychological confrontation for the viewer is to recognize and assimilate two contradictory realities”. However, the real magical appeal of Mueck’s sculptures lie in the meticulous process, which begins with…
- crafting of a series of small clay models - this enables him decide on figure positioning
- Mueck then creates a series of drawings in different sizes - this enables him to make decisions about scale
- Next, Mueck sculpts the figure in clay - this includes fine details of expression and skin texture
- a mould of the sculpture is made using silicone (or in the case of larger works, fibreglass).
- Mueck completes the process by meticulously painting (by hand) finer details (like veins and skin tones) on the surface, before finally sculpting the eyes, bringing his creations to life.
The artist is able to achieve a very high degree of realism in his figures, which, in turn, invites close inspection. For this reason, I’ve purposefully included some close-ups, alongside selected works by Mueck, see below..
Selected Works // details // installation
A Girl, Mixed Media. 2006
A Girl, (Installation) 2006
A Girl,(detail) 2006
Spooning Couple, Mixed Media. 2005.
Spooning Couple, 2005 (in progress)
Spooning Couple, 2005. Human hands comparison
Untitled (Head of a Baby), Mixed Media. 2003
Boy, 1999. Mixed media. 4.9 x 4.9 x 2.4 m
Boy, 1999. Top view
Boy, 1999. Close-up
Boy, 1999. Close-up foot
Untitled (Seated Woman), 1999. Mixed media. 25 1/4 X 17 X 16 1/2 inches
In Bed, 2005. Mixed media, 63 3/4 x 255 7/8 x 155 1/2 in. (161.9 x 649.9 x 395 cm). Private Collection
In Bed, 2005. Close-up
In Bed, 2005. Rollers in the hair - Close-up
Big Man, 2000. Mixed media, 80 x 47 1/2 x 80 1/2 in. (203.2 x 120.7 x 204.5 cm). Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Big Man, 2000. Different angle
Two Women, 2005. Mixed media, 33 1/2 x 18 7/8 x 15 in. (85.1 x 47.9 x 38.1 cm). Glenn Fuhrman Collection, New York
Two Women, 2005. Close-up
Mask III, Mixed Media, 2005.
Mask III, 2005 (Installation).
Angel, 1997. Silicone rubber and mixed media . 43 1/3 X 34 1/4 X 31 7/8 inches
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September 22nd, 2007 at 10:23 pm
Always glad to see more of Ron Mueck. I wasn’t familiar with a few of these. I particularly like the spooning couple.
I’m not sure if you’ve seen this, but I have a video detailing Mueck’s technique embedded on my blog. It’s quite fascinating:
http://alexremy.com/2007/09/all-about-ron-mueck.html
September 23rd, 2007 at 3:31 am
Hyper-realistic indeed. The scale is certainly interesting. Amazing how lifelike these are. It seems like they are almost sarcastic, either in huge size or in miniature, with generally normal non-beautiful or ideal subjects.
Had never seen anything like this before… amazing.
September 24th, 2007 at 6:48 pm
wonder full.
September 24th, 2007 at 10:11 pm
I just saw and exhibit of these at the Ft. Worth Museum of Modern Art in Texas. If you’re anywhere near there before the middle of October it is worth the drive. Somehow even though you can sense the scale from the pictures with people in them seeing them in person is a whole different experience. AMAZING! GO SEE IT!
September 25th, 2007 at 12:36 am
I saw this exhibit in Fort Worth - absolutely amazing work. The detail is beyond unbelievable.
September 25th, 2007 at 1:07 am
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September 25th, 2007 at 12:57 pm
I’ll bet this guy is gonna advertise for Big Boy real soon….I can see it now.
September 25th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
Wow! These look so real its a little creepy..
September 26th, 2007 at 11:04 am
Nice.Tank you!!
September 26th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
Esculturas Hyper Realistas…
Ron Mueck es un escultor fuera de lo normal, la extrema realidad de sus obras son la caracteristca de su arte. Echen un vistazo y juzguen por si mismos. Ademas que el sitio http://paintalicious.org/ tambien postea obras de otros genios de las artes….
September 26th, 2007 at 11:26 pm
@ Justin and Shelly - Its been years since I saw Ron’s work in person..would be absolutely incredible to see these new works at Forth Worth.
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September 27th, 2007 at 9:49 pm
absolutely amazing pieces… i’m speechless
September 28th, 2007 at 2:34 pm
Hermoso, grandioso, Increible!
Me quito el sombrero ante Usted!
I Love it!!!!!!
September 29th, 2007 at 12:33 am
Absolutely amazing
September 29th, 2007 at 7:05 am
So much crap out there, it’s so refreshing to see a true genius at work. I saw some of this work in DC, it’s even more impressive in real life. Hurrah for someone with true talent, a rare find, nowadays.
September 29th, 2007 at 11:36 pm
This is Epic stuff…
September 30th, 2007 at 5:00 am
Wow, this is really a thing I’ve not seen before… Really beautiful, I’m surprised of the realism of the sculptures! cool!
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October 1st, 2007 at 5:12 am
I can’t believe these are not real.They look so realistic. Very amazing !
October 1st, 2007 at 5:20 am
Lovely mann
October 1st, 2007 at 11:24 am
great art
October 1st, 2007 at 5:38 pm
Cant see the images…
October 2nd, 2007 at 12:59 am
Ohmygawd! I’ve NEVER seen anything like this…The man is a genius..Oh MORE than that. You know back in the early ’70s I went to an ANDY WaRHOL exhbit at the L.A. art museum. I was a LOT younger and easily impressed. In the decades since that exhibit? Let’s just say that I am no longer impressed by Warhol nor the artists whose work he had presented. THIS work is just brilliant! In awe, Jackie
October 2nd, 2007 at 6:01 am
@Jackie, am in agreement! Mueck is taking sculpture beyond anything before him, in doing so, he’s setting the path for new forms of realism, sculpturally speaking. Modern advancements in technology too, will facilitate this evolution.
October 2nd, 2007 at 12:00 pm
What a talent! What a gift! Beautiful… even scary!
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October 4th, 2007 at 4:43 am
LOVED IT ALL
October 4th, 2007 at 2:32 pm
this is absoluteley astounding art! the realism blows my mind
October 4th, 2007 at 3:33 pm
Looks so real, unbelievable!
October 4th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
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October 5th, 2007 at 10:34 am
excellent
October 6th, 2007 at 2:34 am
Hi!
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October 6th, 2007 at 6:55 pm
Wow. Some very interesting pieces. Nice stumble.
October 7th, 2007 at 9:19 am
WOW WOW WOW The big man actually would scare the life out of me if I was alone at night with it it is so real. Amazing work
October 8th, 2007 at 2:46 am
I have never seen anything so unreal look so real. Right down to the pattern of hair growth. Almost spooky.
October 8th, 2007 at 8:50 am
odd image create impact.It is really great! When can I see these sculptures face to face?
October 8th, 2007 at 9:53 pm
Blaine, there’s still time left to see Ron’s sculptures, face-to-face. Currently, there’s an exhibition of his work at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas.
June 24– October 21, 2007
Check here for further details.
October 9th, 2007 at 4:43 am
Dude!
Some arse totally ripped off this WHOLE post of yours!!!
Word for word AND all the photos!!!
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news…
I saw his post HERE.
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October 9th, 2007 at 6:54 am
Jin, I’ve just posted about this on the main page, here. I’m looking for help on removing my post from his/her site. Thanks!!
October 10th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
Amazing! And what an inspiration! I can’t wait to share this with my daughter at college!
October 11th, 2007 at 11:51 pm
creapy cool
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October 12th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
These are just incredible. The detail is astounding. Words cannot describe.
October 12th, 2007 at 6:08 pm
Donald…
I am very impressed with your site. The quality of the design and content makes it a real winner! Thanks again for a great site and a great resource on the net….
October 12th, 2007 at 10:09 pm
Thanks Donald, much appreciated!
October 12th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
These are great.Unbelievable!
October 13th, 2007 at 1:10 am
judging by the comments, the general public still equates realism with art…
October 13th, 2007 at 3:57 am
Interesting point Zee, and, in part, you would be right. Mueck’s sculptures actually take realism further up the hyper-ladder. They confront the viewer with a convincing illusion; one based upon a simulation of reality. So, we are left with two “contradictory realities”. These evoke the mystery, intrigue and (vast) public interest through direct assimilation of realities.
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October 14th, 2007 at 3:49 am
amazing! absolutely beautiful potrayal of life like actions, images and ages. true and wonderful talent. pure genius into the human eye and how we see
others. can’t wait to see more.
October 14th, 2007 at 5:36 am
I can’t make it to Fort Worth Texas by Sunday. does anyone know ….Where will his exhibit be next?
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October 17th, 2007 at 6:57 am
Fabulous…
October 18th, 2007 at 5:38 am
@anita - am not sure where his next exhibit is. I’ll ask around for you. If anyone does know am sure they’d message below?
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October 24th, 2007 at 7:38 am
I cant believe it! There are absolutely the most real art I’ve seen! I,m going by the old addage that “Art imitates life.” Well these sure as hell do! AMAZING!!!!!
October 24th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
The art is amazing!, i wish to see in person.
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October 25th, 2007 at 4:28 am
This work is absolutely amazing. Wonderful!
October 25th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
This is beautiful! The one with the couple sleeping is so freakin creepy i’m not going to be intimate with my wife ever again!
October 25th, 2007 at 1:56 pm
@arteyez - reality bites (laughing)
October 25th, 2007 at 8:16 pm
It is a little creepy, but I am fasinated by it! Bravo!
October 26th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
Amazing works of art!
October 27th, 2007 at 10:37 pm
I saw some of Mueck’s stuff about 5 years ago at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney and was amazed by the realism. As a wannabe artist/prop maker, I’m jealous of his skill!
October 28th, 2007 at 2:00 am
i apreciate stumble!
those images were best of!
incredible…
October 30th, 2007 at 10:47 pm
Ron Mueck es una gran sorpresa. La realidad como arte.
Felicidades
Congratulations
October 31st, 2007 at 1:05 am
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Great content. I posted an image from this page to my blog….
October 31st, 2007 at 3:29 am
@oyunfound - Thanks alot!
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November 1st, 2007 at 8:44 am
Some of Muecks work will be going to
the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh
some time in december I believe. Not sure exactly…..
November 1st, 2007 at 10:10 am
@Hans - Thanks for the info. I’m sure alot of Mueck’s fans will be pleased to know.
November 2nd, 2007 at 11:01 am
Man i love reading your blog, interesting posts !…
November 2nd, 2007 at 5:14 pm
http://www.evanpenny.com
visit canadian artist evan penny.. if you like hyper realist style..
November 3rd, 2007 at 7:43 am
@tcam, thanks for the heads up - see my post on Evan Perry
November 4th, 2007 at 9:25 pm
i just think that this work helps me to feel more like a person and come to terms with my life. this man has changed me as a human and developed my skills…
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November 7th, 2007 at 10:23 am
Incredibile come un uomo possa captare in maniera cosi superba i pregi/difetti della propria specie.
November 7th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
his work is scheduled to be on display at the Andy Warhol Musuem in Pittsburg PA sometime in dec 2007- Mar 2008. This was confirmed by the musuem. although they did not yet have the specific date.
November 7th, 2007 at 2:54 pm
Wonderful, i like it a lot. This it’s an artist. they look like true people, good work.
November 7th, 2007 at 3:25 pm
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November 8th, 2007 at 9:59 pm
I went and saw this collection at the Museum of modern art in Fort Worth TX the other month…
November 10th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
REALITY minus the pretty people. Very well done, I am in awe.
November 11th, 2007 at 1:54 pm
WOW!!!!!!
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November 15th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
they look cool, but really sacry for me
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November 19th, 2007 at 11:28 am
Fabulous, Marvellous, Miraculous.
Absolutely fantastic!
I love what you do. It’s unique and inexplicable.
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November 22nd, 2007 at 2:10 pm
truly amazing
November 24th, 2007 at 12:00 pm
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November 25th, 2007 at 8:03 am
gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 25th, 2007 at 10:48 am
i saw works in edinburgh, wow! and u ar left kind of speechless, in the same way the sculptures are and yet so real….
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December 7th, 2007 at 1:46 am
Brilliant. Outstanding work - Genius.
December 7th, 2007 at 6:36 pm
Those are real nice sculptures!!
December 8th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
Its really genius art… Bravo
December 9th, 2007 at 8:33 am
this is pretty cool and interesting one.thanx for sharing it
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December 9th, 2007 at 8:50 am
this is really amazing one how did u get that?
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December 10th, 2007 at 10:42 pm
Slightly creepy, but these are fantastic!
December 11th, 2007 at 9:46 am
Wow. I am afraid to go to sleep tonight.
December 17th, 2007 at 8:27 pm
j’ai raté l’expo à la fondation cartier… j’admire ce travail…
December 18th, 2007 at 6:20 am
Simplemente ¡¡LA NUEVA CREACION!!
Me gusta vivir en esta epoca y poder conocer obras tan maravillosas como las suyas, aunque sea a traves de la WEB.
Symply ¡¡ THE NEW CREATION!!
December 19th, 2007 at 3:09 am
amazing
December 20th, 2007 at 6:56 pm
WOW!!! Very Cool!!!
December 24th, 2007 at 6:17 am
Awesome sculptures..
thats great work…
December 29th, 2007 at 11:04 pm
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December 30th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
Totally amazing work! The National Gallery of Canada recently held a near sold out exhibit of Mueck’s work, and they are not to be missed live. The Gallery already owned two of Mueck’s pieces, and subsequently bought the Baby Girl sculpture shown above - the gift of donors who were so blown away by the exhibit that they wanted more.
December 31st, 2007 at 12:00 pm
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January 22nd, 2008 at 11:36 pm
absolutely wonderful. now i’m going to have to see them in real life of course!
January 30th, 2008 at 9:36 am
Inquietante ma geniale!!!!
February 1st, 2008 at 5:17 am
This is absolutely inspiring!! I have NEVER seen anything like it and Ron is a hyper-talented person… To say the very least!
February 2nd, 2008 at 12:13 am
These are Breath taking. what a wonderful gift Thank you
February 3rd, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Truly amazing work, but I wouldn’t have a piece in my home. I’m afraid I’d come home drunk one night, forget, and destroy a great work of art with a couple of well-placed hollow points.
February 5th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
PHOTOSHOPPED! THATS COMPLETELY PHOTOSHOPPED!!! nah im jk. thats some pretty sweet stuff…. i have a feeling that dudes a bit ocd…. haha
February 7th, 2008 at 12:13 am
Very incredible work, Ron is genious… i admire the way he makes his pieces look so real and life like…very interesting work!!!
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February 16th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
The pictures do not NEARLY do Mueck justice. I just saw his guest exhibit in the Pittsburgh Andy Warhol museum and I was floored. With the pictures advertising him, I was just under the impression that Mueck was a photographer. Then the elevator doors open and it’s like “HOLY ____! There’s a giant naked dude staring at me!”
Everything, from the variations in skin tone to the hair patterns, it’s amazing.
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February 23rd, 2008 at 11:25 pm
Incredible. I have never seen artwork this in depth and enchanting. I would love to see this work in person.
February 24th, 2008 at 6:18 am
This is freightening, and I feel disturbed, angry and confused and so fourth. Good art though.
March 2nd, 2008 at 6:32 am
Facsinating, beautiful and weird at the same time. Mesmerizing but there’s something unsettling about the works.
March 3rd, 2008 at 2:42 pm
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March 7th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
Great!
March 10th, 2008 at 2:08 am
I recently saw this exhibit at The Andy Warhol Museum. Amazing work!
March 19th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
That looks very cool. Will he ever go on tour?
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:30 am
Anyone aware of his current whereabouts? I would LOVE to see his exhibit and have searched everywhere it seems and can’t find where he will be goin!
April 13th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
What a shame that a genius with such talent wastes it in reproducing UGLINESS. Who the hell wants to see ugly people all day? Why doesn’t he find BEAUTIFUL people and create sculptures of them?
Still, we all know that beauty is no longer allowed in the ‘modern’ art world - how sick.
April 15th, 2008 at 5:51 am
To “Eugenics is Beauty” -
Those are extraordinary in every level. The “ugliness” that you see is normality… It is:
Old lady friends
A couple sleeping
A baby that was just born
Those are happy moments in closeup, those are super intimate moments. No ugliness there, just life itself…
April 16th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
thease are so amazing i love him and his art, i will be on the look out for more?
April 20th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
this is so awesome! imagine.. the big guy’s foot is nearly 1000x as big as mine! so, so cool
April 23rd, 2008 at 12:51 am
Fantastic! that is all I can say. No other words can even come close.
April 26th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
I wish I could meet the artist. He is my inspiration.
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May 8th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
This is truly amazing. Realism dragged into the 21st century by its danglers. It would be nice to see Ron Mueck produce a gigantic pair of testicles.
May 14th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
omg. this is amazing…if you guys like this guy…check out Salvador Dale. amazing as well
May 16th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
me an impresionado mucho. las expreciones y todo. pero aun asi no es mucho para un hombre que se a dedicado a los efectos especiales. me parese exelente retratar al ser humano en sus expresiones pero que pasa con con su decadencia.
saludos y a todos. como dijo un amigo “Ojo con el Arte”
May 30th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
ca c’est de vrai art et je voi une excellence dans la projektion
June 15th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
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June 27th, 2008 at 2:02 am
Some of Mueck’s work is on exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada’s Shawinigan Space, in Shawinigan QC until September 28, 2008.
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June 27th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
yeah i had to make that boy angel the background to my computer. mind blowing. so jealous of the people who could see him and already have. grrrrr
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June 28th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Some of Muecks work is on show in Japan
at the moment apparently.
Until the end of August.
http://www.kanazawa21.jp/exhibit/mueck/index_en.html
June 28th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
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July 13th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Holy shit! im dying to see some of his work in the museum
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July 24th, 2008 at 1:36 am
Mueck’s work is fantastic and could be most beneficial for persons like mysewlf who would love to have a cast of normal looking toes to put over my terribly deformed toes.
August 7th, 2008 at 12:08 am
Impressive!!!
August 17th, 2008 at 12:57 am
Awesome work, true masterpieces! Amazingly uniquely brilliant sculptuers…2nd to none! I use Ron’s work as pics in my social profile networks and have had some pretty negative feedback from the few ‘art unappreciates’…assuming they are real images!..not that nature is indecent of course…so how can we educate these people..but to simply breathe the name of ‘Ron Mueck’?…a genius in his own right! So c’mon peeps__SHOUT ABUT IT!–u know it makes sense..
August 19th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
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September 17th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
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September 17th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
I saw his exhibition in Edinburgh. It was just amazing how real they look. You feel Like your in a totally different world. You feel a bit like Gulliver!
It just takes your breath away.
September 19th, 2008 at 12:04 am
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September 30th, 2008 at 7:12 am
I got to see some of his stuff when it was in Pittsburgh… absolutely breathtaking in person.
If you ever get the chance to go see one of his exhibits, please do.
September 30th, 2008 at 10:18 am
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October 19th, 2008 at 6:50 am
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October 23rd, 2008 at 1:18 pm
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October 25th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
hi
it is very beatiful but i am very surprize and shoke.very very really.
October 30th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
Hi, love this guys work, hard to find information on him with regard to exhibitions - I know there is a sculpture showing in the British museum in Jan, will prob head over to see that, but would love a collection. The above is just amazing. Any suggestions, where I might find out about a tour? Any help appreciated. T
November 23rd, 2008 at 11:44 am
fantastic!
November 28th, 2008 at 12:02 am
I visited the Hirshhorn in June. After being told about the big man crouching in the corner of the basement, that was what I was looking forward to the most. However, I was disappointed, for the sculpture was nowhere to be seen. I’m quite thrilled to be able to finally see the legend here.
December 1st, 2008 at 1:12 am
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December 8th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
when i see the images, i think that i’m a fish or like that things
BCOZ it’s a shock!that is to say,encounter with priodic forgotten realism .. you know …
December 10th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Incredible, I love his work and only wish an exhibition would come to home Nova Scotia, Canada. I hope he keeps making these incredible works, I’m amazed and want to see more.
December 15th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
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January 7th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
woah
I really like the way he works the skin and face ditails, all the color and changes produced by the light and age. that’s really hard to do and he just look all the details and ,make that.,. amazing
January 18th, 2009 at 3:04 am
wowww its so amazing…i’ve nver seen in my life ..,its like a real human.wooooowww,,,
January 18th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
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January 31st, 2009 at 9:07 pm
I am truely inspired by his work. I studied him throughout my degree and will also throughout my PGCE and years to come.
Just brilliant!
February 3rd, 2009 at 12:25 am
his sculptures are awsome.when will he be back in new york???
February 3rd, 2009 at 12:26 am
i can’t find his home page which would probably give his touring schedule.
February 11th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
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March 3rd, 2009 at 8:20 pm
His work is truely inspiring the realistic nature of his sculptures is unreal, you are able to connect with the sculpture and almost feel thier living presence in the room
May 12th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
I went to see a show of Ron’s in Ft. Worth last year. The first picture here, was the first thing I saw when I entered the show. It’s quite shocking to turn the corner and be faced with is a 4′ tall head.
Pictures don’t do this work justice. Every hair is individually placed. And that guy needs a shave. Magnificent work. I’d gladly go to another show. He’s great.