I love the work of Ron Mueck.
The older couple at the top has identical characteristics of the elderly. These two seem to be so distant form the modern world, and unaccepted of conversation. You can also since that these people have been together for a long time. They dress the same, act the same, and even share some of the same expressions. This artwork's visual information would be in content but their expressions would create form.
This next sculpture, The Mask, is also representational. The face make me think of what kind of nationality this man is. He has a large head that is squared of at his crown as well as his chin making him have very distinctive characteristics. The visual information about his physical characteristics would be content and to wounder if this man is sleeping, dead, or just thinking would be in the information of form.
This next sculpture states so much. It is of a giant man that is striped of all his dignity. He is alone in a corner with an expression of deep thought. In today society a large white male is a stereo type of power but this statue creates a since of loss and depression as if something lost. This is one of the most powerful statues that I have ever seen. I just want to sit next to him and start a conversation about his life.
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The work is so life-like. Did you see the video of his sculptural process? That was amazing! The detail is so precise, there were even goosebumps on the skin. There is a great psychological impact behind Ron Mueck's scuptures. You're not just looking at an empty thing, there is an emotional presence within each sculpture. Remarkable art!
Thank you for your comment. Very nice of you. I really like these art works as well. It is so life-like, as deanna said. I first thought they were pictures.. Lines through the knees of the sculpture, facial expressions of it, and lastly the color of the sculpture gave me a thought of real-image. Very nice blog.
It's amazing that a sculpted figure like "Big Man" can elicit so much empathy from his position and attitude. He is so out of proportion with us tiny human beings.
You're right, he does make you want to talk to him and find out why he is so under the weather. I'd like to hear his story too.
I too realy enjoyed Mueck's work. At first I couldn't believe they weren't pictures. He does a very good job at making you think about whats going on in his sculptures. The longer you look at them the more you want to know about the person he sculpted.
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