Ron Mueck is well known for his sculptures to have high levels of hyper-realism, which means that the viewer cant find any unrealistic features.and his sculptures seem so real and life like. His work is very appealing and always catches the human eye. His work is human like and could fool someone as a real human being. His techniques are way to advanced and haas the essence of life-like creations.
Ron Mueck's work titled "Mother and baby' completed in 2001. Whats so hyper real about his sculpture is the colour of their skin from the sweat tear dripping down the sculptures face. In the image is shows a mother and her new born child, have her positioned as if she has given birth and have the sigh of relief to see her new born baby. This could show deeper meaning to mothers and for the artist to show real life situations and how his sculptures come across everyday life as birth is a beautiful thing.
Renaissance Humanism was a European intellectual movement that was a crucial component of the Renaissance and was developed during the 14th and the begginning of the 15th century,
and was a response to the challenge of education, emphasising practical, pre-professional and -scientific studies and focused on preparing men to be doctors and lawyers.
" I never made life-size figure because it never seemed to be interesting. We meet life-size people everyday. It makes you take notice in a way that you wouldn't do with something that's just normal"
Mueck’s sculptors are incredibly realistic. The key difference is the scale to which the sculptors are built. Often they are larger than life or much smaller. I had the opportunity to see his sculpture “Boy” in 2000 at the Millennium Dome in London. Truly remarkable and painstaking work.
The sculpture 'Crouching boy in mirror' i very interesting as you have a young boy staring at himself in the mirror, showing that he is in deep thought and this work is of natural scale. It also brings another side of the figure into the picture and by having two of the same figure it seemed very interesting. This image shows what go through our heads in how we look at ourselves on a day to day basis. We have so many people in society going on about what we wear and how we look etc. This is showing the expressio of teens these days showing that they are easily distracted by what they see in the mirror.
I agree with you when you explain how Mueck's uses unrelistic sized scales as they make the viewer more interested as these sizes are not things you see everyday. I particularly like how you have said the sculpture of the mother and the baby is 'hyper-real' and picked up on all the emotions that accompany giving birth to a child. In the piece of work by Muueck that you have chosen i think it is clever the way the artist has portrayed his thoughts about 'the expression of teens these days showing that they are easily distracted by what they see in the mirror'. the use of the reflection and the angles it was shot at was cleverly constructed.
ReplyDeletei really like what you have written about Muerks piece "mother and baby" personally i think it is one of muerks finer pieces as it really would touch a lot of people on a personal level as all mothers would have had a similar experience to what the model depicts. I think you are right in saying the scale s of Muerks "hyper real" models really just adds to the appearance of the piece and really makes the viewer think more into it as if it were to be normal sized it wouldn't capture nearly as much interest to the target viewers.
ReplyDeleteMueck's style of art is very interesting and i like how he makes his sculptures and how there not actual size. i find it weird and funny because if i was to go have a look i would have to go up close to look and because most of them are nude it would wierd and thats what i find funny about it. i like it how some of his works are really really large and are not to its actual size like the sculpture of the baby. i also like how he pays attention to detail-"hyper-real" which is what i agree with
ReplyDeleteThis comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteyou have made a number of strong points. I like how you have given a clear, straight to the point definition of the term 'hyper-real.' Another thing I found interesting is the final piece you posted, 'Crouching Boy in Mirror.' It is interesting to me because Mueck has used a 'normal scale' when creating this sculpture. I feel that this increases the hyper-reality of the piece more so than Mueck's other works in that it is a life-like scale, so the surrealism of his other works which have been up or down scaled.
ReplyDeletewith the piece 'crouching boy in mirror' i found it interesting on how you depicted this piece of work. This is because you said "This is showing the expressio of teens these days showing that they are easily distracted by what they see in the mirror." I don't think that this is about being easily distracted even though i must admit he does look interested in himself, however, maybe (I don't no just assuming didn't do this blog) he is interested in the transition he is going through of puberty or a change in himself, because his body language of being crouched and covering his face a bit suggests he is a bit afraid or timid of something...
ReplyDeleteI like how you've written about muecks sculptures, I found your brief but very informing piece of writing very convenient.I admire how he has put a realistic look in his sculptures, focusing on the minor details, like as you mentioned, the sweat, tears, and skin colour present in the "Mother and Baby" sculpture. I also like the "crouching boy in the mirror " sculpture, as it reflects on most of the teenagers mentalitys today. Focused on their appearance and what others might think of them, giving deep thought about it, distracted by their image in the mirror.. I admire how youve put all this info together :)... I found this post very helpful.
ReplyDelete