Ron Mueck Essay

Ron Mueck is an Australian artist who is known for his real life, and some-what disturbing sculptures. However, before he began creating these magnificent sculptures he began his work on a children’s television show for 15 years before finding his way into special effects working in films such as, “Labyrinth” in 1986. These special effects works lead him to model making where he would create models for commercials and different advertisements. Mueck soon got tired of photography and felt as if it took a lot away from the presence of original objects in the world. This is where he fell head first into his love for sculpture making.
Mueck began making sculptures out of latex but soon switched his material when he caught the attention of fiberglass resin that was incorporated into a wall at a boutique. The very first sculpture that Mueck created that caught the attention of an art collector was of Pinocchio. This sculpture opened up doors for Mueck and not long after, in 1997 he created the dead dad sculpture that appeared in the exhibition sensation, this …show more content…
I believe that he embodies something different then all of the other artists I have studied thus far. As I was searching through the various pictures on the internet of his sculptures, I was truly stunned at how life-like they look. With each sculpture I looked at I took on a different set of emotion every time. When looking at the dead body one I instantly felt sad, disturbed, and a little dark and twisted. When I looked at “Ghost” I felt her pain and insecurity as it is written all over her face. Finally, when looking at “mother and baby” I thought about what that mother must have been feeling, how happy and over joyed it must have been for her to have just gave birth. It is not just emotion that Mueck brings out of the people that observe his work, but the sheer though that we are all but a speck in this gigantic world compared to the large scale sculptures he