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[[File:Ron Mueck head.jpg|thumb|right|'Mask II' by Mueck (2001-2), believed to be a self-portrait]]
'''Ronald "Ron" Mueck''' {{Use Australian English|date=May 2011}} ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|juː|ɛ|k}}<!--http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/10/arts/design/10muec.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print MEW-eck--> or /ˈmuːɪk/<!--http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2003/apr/20/thesaatchigallery.art5 MOO-ick-->; born 1958, [[Melbourne]]) is an Australian [[Hyperrealism (visual arts)|hyperrealist]] sculptor working in the United Kingdom.
==Early work==
Ron Mueck was born in Australia to German parents.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2006/aug/06/art2 Ron Mueck: From Muppets to motherhood | Art and design | The Guardian<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He began his career working on the Australian children's television program [[Shirl's Neighbourhood]]. He was the creative director and made, voiced and operated the puppets Greenfinger the Garden Gnome, Ol' Possum, Stanley the snake and Claude the Crow amongst many others. The show was made for Channel 7 Melbourne between 1979 and 1984, broadcast nationally and starred the ex-lead singer of [[Skyhooks (band)|Skyhooks]], [[Graeme Strachan|Graeme "Shirley" Strachan]].
Mueck's early career was as a model maker and puppeteer for children's television and films, notably the film ''[[Labyrinth (film)|Labyrinth]]'' for which he also contributed the voice of Ludo, and the [[Jim Henson]] series ''[[The Storyteller]]''.
Mueck moved on to establish his own company in [[London]], making photo-realistic props and [[animatronics]] for the advertising industry. Although highly detailed, these props were usually designed to be photographed from one specific angle hiding the mess of construction seen from the other side. Mueck increasingly wanted to produce realistic sculptures that looked perfect from all angles.
==Sculptor==
In 1996 Mueck transitioned to fine art, collaborating with his mother-in-law, [[Paula Rego]], to produce small figures as part of a tableau she was showing at the [[Hayward Gallery]]. Rego introduced him to [[Charles Saatchi]] who was immediately impressed and started to collect and commission work. This led to the piece that made Mueck's name, ''Dead Dad'', being included in the ''[[Sensation exhibition|Sensation]]'' show at the [[Royal Academy]] the following year. ''Dead Dad'' is a silicone and mixed media sculpture of the corpse of Mueck's father reduced to about two thirds of its natural scale. It is the only work of Mueck's that uses his own hair for the finished product.
Mueck's sculptures faithfully reproduce the minute detail of the human body, but play with scale to produce disconcertingly jarring visual images. His five metre high sculpture ''Boy'' 1999 was a feature in the [[Millennium Dome]] and later exhibited in the [[Venice Biennale]]. Today it sits as the centerpiece in the foyer off the Danish Contemporary Art Museum ARoS in Aarhus.
In 1999 Mueck was appointed as Associate Artist at the National Gallery, London. During this two-year post he created the works ''Mother and Child'', ''Pregnant Woman'', ''Man in a Boat'', and ''Swaddled Baby''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Ron Mueck |last=Greeves |first=Susanna|author2=Colin Wiggins |year=2003|publisher=National Gallery Company|location=London|isbn=1-85709-167-1 |pages=23–41 }}</ref>
In 2002 his sculpture ''Pregnant Woman''<ref>[http://www.nga.gov.au/NewAcquisitions/2003/mueck.htm Page Error<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> was purchased by the [[National Gallery of Australia]] for [[Australian dollar|A$]]800,000.
==Exhibitions==
[[File:In Bed by Ron Mueck.png|thumb|right|"In Bed" by Ron Mueck (2005)]]
Ron Mueck was part of the [[Sensation (art exhibition)|Sensation]] exhibition that began in London in 1997, then traveled to Berlin and then Brooklyn.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.nytimes.com/library/arts/093099brooklyn-museum.html |title=Brooklyn Museum Accused of Trying to Lift Art Value |first=David M. |last=Herszenhorn |date=30 September 1999 |publisher=New York Times |accessdate=29 September 2009}}</ref>
Mueck's first exhibition in Japan opened on 26 April 2009 at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, [[Kanazawa, Ishikawa|Kanazawa]]. It ran until 8 August and featured a collection of works displayed over six spaces in the gallery. Among them were Mueck's latest work, "A Girl". The exhibition also included two short films about the artist, covering both his artistic background and his production techniques.
An exhibition was held at [[Andy Warhol Museum|The Andy Warhol Museum]] in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]], USA, from 12 December 2007 through 30 March 2008. "Ron Mueck at The Andy Warhol Museum" featured seven of the artist’s realistic human sculptures, including: ''In Bed''; ''A Girl''; ''Wild Man''; ''Spooning Couple''; ''Man in a Boat''; ''Mask II''; and ''Mask III''.
A major exhibition of his work was shown as part of the [[Edinburgh Festival]] at the [[Royal Scottish Academy Building]] until 1 October 2006.<ref>[http://www.nationalgalleries.org/mueck/ National Galleries of Scotland - Whatson<!-- Bot generated title -->]{{dead link|date=June 2015}}</ref> A solo exhibition of nine works by Ron Mueck was presented at the [[Brooklyn Museum]] from 3 November 2006 through 4 February 2007.<ref>[http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/ron_mueck/ Brooklyn Museum: Ron Mueck<!-- Bot-generated title -->]</ref>
An exhibit of his work was also on view at the [[National Gallery of Canada]], in [[Ottawa]] from 2 March to 6 May 2007, organized by the [[Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain]] ([[Paris]]), in collaboration with the National Gallery of Canada, the Brooklyn Museum and the [[Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art]].
The [[Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth]], Texas, showed an exhibition of thirteen of Mueck's pieces from 24 June 2007, through 21 October 2007. The works in the show include ''Untitled (Seated Woman)'' (1999), ''Dead Dad'' (1996–97), ''In Bed'' (2005), ''Untitled (Big Man)'' (2000), ''Two Women'' (2005), ''Crouching Boy in Mirror'' (1999–2000), ''Spooning Couple'' (2005), ''Mask II'' (2001–2002), ''Mask III'' (2005), ''Wild Man'' (2005), and ''A Girl'' (2006).<ref>[http://www.mamfw.org/upcoming.html Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
A major retrospective of Mueck's work was held in his home town of Melbourne, Australia, in April 2010, at the [[National Gallery of Victoria]].
The [[Christchurch Art Gallery]] hosted a touring version of the National Gallery of Victoria's exhibition from 2 October 2010 to 23 January 2011.<ref>[http://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/exhibitions/ron-mueck/ Christchurch Art Gallery | Exhibitions | Ron Mueck]</ref>
The antique College of San Ildefonso Mexico 2011. Mueck participated in the group show ''Lifelike'' in 2012 which originated at the [[Walker Art Center]].<ref name=Sheets>{{cite news|author=Sheets, Hilarie M.|url=http://www.artnews.com/2012/04/19/use-your-illusion/|title=Use Your Illusion|date=19 April 2012|publisher=ARTnews|accessdate=3 May 2013}}</ref>
From November 2013 to February 2014, Ron Mueck was exhibited for the first time in Latin America. The exhibition took place in Fundación Proa, a modern art museum in La Boca, Buenos Aires.<ref name="Ron Mueck in Buenos Aires">[http://proa.org/esp/exhibition-ron-mueck.php Ron Mueck in Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires]</ref>
Leaving Argentina, the South American tour went to Brazil, with the nine works following to Rio de Janeiro, where they were exposed between March 20 and June 1, 2014 at [[Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro|MAM]],<ref name="Ron Mueck in MAM-Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro">[http://mamrio.org.br/exposicoes/ron-mueck/ Ron Mueck in MAM-Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro]</ref> marking the biggest audience in the history of that museum,<ref>[http://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/ron-mueck-supera-picasso-bate-recorde-de-publico-no-mam-12571732 Ruan Mueck exhibition achieves record attendance at MAM]</ref> and then to São Paulo, exhibited at the [[Pinacoteca do Estado de Sao Paulo|Pinacoteca]] during the period November 20, 2014 to February 22, 2015.<ref name="Ron Mueck in Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo">[http://www.pinacoteca.org.br/pinacoteca-pt/default.aspx?c=1252 Ron Mueck in Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo]</ref>
==Chronological list of works==
* ''Big Baby'' (1996), silicone, polyurethane, wood, synthetic hair. 85-cm-high model of baby with oversize eyes. (Private collection).
* ''Mongrel'' (1996), polyester resin, fiberglass, synthetic fur. Life-sized mongrel dog.(Collection of Sheilagh Tennant, Edinburgh).
* ''Pinocchio'' (1996), mixed media - standing boy, perhaps 5 years of age, wearing only underpants. (John and Amy Phelan Collection, New York).
* ''Dead Dad'' (1996–97), silicone, acrylic paint and human hair - a 2/3-life-sized sculpture of Mueck's father lying on his back, naked. (Stefan T. Edlis Collection, Chicago).
* ''Angel'' (1997), mixed media - a 1/3-scale boy seated on a tall stool, in a brooding pose looking down, sprouting wings made of real goose feathers. (Hoffman Collection, Dallas)
* ''Big Baby II'' (1997), polyester resin, fiberglass, silicone, synthetic hair. 85 cm-high model of baby. (Caldic Collectie, Rotterdam).
* ''Big Baby III'' (1997), polyester resin, fiberglass, silicone, synthetic hair, cotton. 85 cm-high model of baby. (Stefan T. Edlis Collection, Chicago).
* ''Man in a Sheet'' (1997), polyester resin, fiberglass, silicone, polyurethane, aluminum wire, synthetic hair, cotton. Man wrapped in a sheet, bending forward to gaze at floor. (Olbricht Collection, Germany).
* ''Mask (Self Portrait)''(1997) - eight-foot reproduction of Mueck's own face, frowning. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill. Residing in the Nasher Museum of Art at [[Duke University]].
* ''Ghost'' (1998), mixed media - 2 metres tall (3/2 scale?) adolescent girl, in swimming costume, leaning against a wall, face averted. ([[Tate Gallery]])
* ''Man under Cardigan'' (1998), silicone, polyurethane, polyester resin, aluminum wire, wool. Naked man, sitting on floor, a woollen cardigan held over his head as if to shelter from rain. (Vicki and Kent Logan Collection).
* ''Shaved Head'' (1998), mixed media. Naked man, squatting, arms stretched out, head turned downwards. (Hoffman Collection, Berlin).
* ''Boy'' (1999), fibreglass, resin, silicone - a 5-metre-tall sculpture of a boy, crouching. First shown in the UK [[Millennium Dome]] exhibition. It is now owned by the art museum [http://www.aros.dk/ ARoS] in the city of [[Aarhus]], Denmark, who use it as a trademark piece.
* ''Seated Woman'' (1999), mixed media - 1/2 scale clothed, seated, elderly woman, hands clasped, eyes almost closed - ([[Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth]]).
* ''Crouching Boy in Mirror'' (1999–2002), mixed media. Figure similar to the Millennium Boy, above, but on a much smaller scale, examining his reflection in a mirror. (The Broad art Foundation, Santa Monica).
* ''Baby'' (2000), mixed media - tiny naked newborn baby boy, arms akimbo.(Keith and Kathy Sachs).
* ''Untitled (Big Man)'' (2000) - a nearly seven-foot sculpture of a naked, completely hairless, belligerent-looking man sitting with his knees drawn up and his elbows resting on his knees, his head in his hand. The work is designed to sit in a corner. Owned by the [[Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden]] in Washington, D.C., it has become one of the museum's most popular works since its acquisition.
* ''Man in Blankets'' (2000), mixed media - 1/2 scale - elderly naked man almost completely enveloped in blankets, which form a kind of cocoon. (Hoffman Collection, Dallas). Artist's proof is owned by Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf.
* ''Old Woman in Bed'' (2000), mixed media - 1/2 scale - very elderly or dying woman lying in bed, draped in blankets, asleep. ([[National Gallery of Canada]], Ottawa).
* ''Standing Man'' (2000), mixed media. Middle-aged or elderly man dressed in gown and duffle coat. (Private collection, Milan).
* ''Mask II'' (2001-2), mixed media. Huge head (the face appears to be Mueck's own), lying on its side as if asleep - private collection.
* ''Mother and Child'' (2002), fibreglass, resin, silicone - 1/2 scale naked woman who has just given birth, the baby laid on her stomach with umbilical cord still attached and trailing to the woman's womb. (Bayerische Staatsgemaeldesammlungen, Munich).
* ''Man in a Boat'' (2002), mixed media - 1/3 scale naked man seated toward the prow of a 4-metre-long rowing boat. (Private collection).
* ''Pregnant Woman'' (2002), fibreglass, resin, silicone - 2.5-metres tall sculpture of a naked pregnant woman clasping her hands above her head. ([[National Gallery of Australia]]).
* ''Swaddled Baby'' (2002), mixed media - life-sized new-born baby wrapped in swaddling clothes, head on a pillow.
* ''Head of a Baby'' (2003), mixed media. Huge head of a baby. ([[National Gallery of Canada]], Ottawa).
* ''Baby on a Chair'' (2004), mixed media. Baby wrapped in blanket, placed on a wooden chair. (Collection Glenn Fuhrmann, New York).
* ''In Bed'' (2005). Huge (3 x scale?) woman lying in bed, hand raised to her face in a contemplative pose. ([[Queensland Gallery of Modern Art]]).
* ''Mask III'' (2005), mixed media. Huge (1.5 metre tall) face of a woman. ([[Anthony d'Offay]]).
* ''Spooning Couple'' (2005), mixed media. 1/2 scale of partially clothed middle-aged man and woman lying in 'spooning' position as if in bed - artist's collection.
* ''Two Women'' (2005), mixed media. Two diminutive, clothed, elderly women, standing as though gossiping. (National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia).
* ''Wild Man'' (2005), mixed media. A nine-foot sculpture of a naked, bearded, fearful man clutching the stool he is seated on. (McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, Victoria, Australia).
* ''A Girl'' (2006), mixed media. Newborn baby, with part of umbilical cord and some blood. ([[National Gallery of Canada]], Ottawa).
* ''Standing Woman'' (2007), mixed media. Huge (4-meter high) middle-aged woman, dressed in black. (Towada Arts Center, Towada City, Japan).
* ''Woman with Sticks'' (2008), mixed media. 180 cm-high model of naked woman, bent backwards, carrying huge bundle of sticks. (Private collection).
* ''Drift'' (2009), mixed media. 2/3-scale man floating on his back on inflatable raft, wearing sunglasses and swimming trunks. ([[Anthony d'Offay]]).
* ''Still Life'' (2009), mixed media. Slaughtered and plucked chicken, same size as a human being, hung from hook by its feet. ([[Anthony d'Offay]]).
* ''Youth'' (2009), mixed media. Diminutive figure (65 cm high) of black youth, holding up his T-shirt to examine a wound in his belly. ([[Anthony d'Offay]]).
* ''Couple Under An Umbrella'' (2013) Courtesy Courtesy Caldic Collectie, Wassenaar.
* ''Woman With Shopping'' (2013) Courtesy Hauser & Wirth / Anthony d’Offay, London<ref>{{cite book |title=Ron Mueck (Exhibition Catalog)|last=Hurlston|first=David|author2=et al |year=2010|publisher=National Gallery of Victoria|location=Melbourne}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[Duane Hanson]]
* [[George Segal (artist)|George Segal]]
* [[John De Andrea]]
* [[Patricia Piccinini]] (similar artist)
* [[Zarko Baseski]] (similar artist)
* [[Roman sculpture]] (historical connection)
==Notes==
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==External links==
* [http://www.sculpture.org/documents/scmag03/jul_aug03/mueck/mueck.shtml Sculpture Magazine article]
* [http://www.kanazawa21.jp/exhibit/mueck/index_en.html 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa Japan]
* {{IMDb name|id=0610967}}
* [http://www.fondation.cartier.fr/ Ron Mueck at the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain (Paris)]
* [[wikia:muppet:Ron Mueck|Ron Mueck Muppet Wiki]]
* Examples of work at the [http://www.jamescohan.com/artists/ronmueck/ James Cohan Gallery]{{dead link|date=June 2015}}
* [http://www.nga.gov.au/Mueck/ ''Pregnant Woman''] at the National Gallery of Australia
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2005/12/29/GA2005122900888_index_frames.htm?startat=1 Washington Post gallery]
* [http://www.nationalgalleries.org/whatson/exhibition/5:368/4381 At the National Gallery of Scotland, 2006]{{dead link|date=June 2015}}
* [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1842696,00.html Article on Ron Mueck] in ''[[The Guardian]]''
* [http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/ron_mueck/ Solo Exhibition] at the [[Brooklyn Museum]]
* Details of the exhibition run by [http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/ English Heritage] at [http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/belsay-hall-castle-and-gardens/extraordinary-measures/meet-the-artists/artists/ron-mueck/ Belsay Hall, Northumberland]{{dead link|date=June 2015}}
* [http://petai.my/2010/05/ukiran-hidup-oleh-pengukir-ron-mueck Ukiran Hidup Ron Mueck]
* [http://www.blog.palosantohotel.com/2013/11/11/ron-mueck-exhibition-fundacion-proa/ Ron Mueck at Fundación PROA (Buenos Aires, Argentina)]
* [http://www.fondation.cartier.com/#/en/art-contemporain/26/exhibitions/866/ron-mueck/862/ron-mueck/ Ron Mueck at MAM (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)]
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[[File:Ron Mueck head.jpg|thumb|right|'Mask II' by Mueck (2001-2), believed to be a self-portrait]]
'''Ronald "Ron" Mueck''' {{Use Australian English|date=May 2011}} ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|juː|ɛ|k}}<!--http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/10/arts/design/10muec.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print MEW-eck--> or /ˈmuːɪk/<!--http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2003/apr/20/thesaatchigallery.art5 MOO-ick-->; born 1958, [[Melbourne]]) is an Australian [[Hyperrealism (visual arts)|hyperrealist]] sculptor working in the United Kingdom.
==Early work==
Ron Mueck was born in Australia to German parents.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2006/aug/06/art2 Ron Mueck: From Muppets to motherhood | Art and design | The Guardian<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He began his career working on the Australian children's television program [[Shirl's Neighbourhood]]. He was the creative director and made, voiced and operated the puppets Greenfinger the Garden Gnome, Ol' Possum, Stanley the snake and Claude the Crow amongst many others. The show was made for Channel 7 Melbourne between 1979 and 1984, broadcast nationally and starred the ex-lead singer of [[Skyhooks (band)|Skyhooks]], [[Graeme Strachan|Graeme "Shirley" Strachan]].
Mueck's early career was as a model maker and puppeteer for children's television and films, notably the film ''[[Labyrinth (film)|Labyrinth]]'' for which he also contributed the voice of Ludo, and the [[Jim Henson]] series ''[[The Storyteller]]''.
Mueck moved on to establish his own company in [[London]], making photo-realistic props and [[animatronics]] for the advertising industry. Although highly detailed, these props were usually designed to be photographed from one specific angle hiding the mess of construction seen from the other side. Mueck increasingly wanted to produce realistic sculptures that looked perfect from all angles.
==Sculptor==
In 1996 Mueck transitioned to fine art, collaborating with his mother-in-law, [[Paula Rego]], to produce small figures as part of a tableau she was showing at the [[Hayward Gallery]]. Rego introduced him to [[Charles Saatchi]] who was immediately impressed and started to collect and commission work. This led to the piece that made Mueck's name, ''Dead Dad'', being included in the ''[[Sensation exhibition|Sensation]]'' show at the [[Royal Academy]] the following year. ''Dead Dad'' is a silicone and mixed media sculpture of the corpse of Mueck's father reduced to about two thirds of its natural scale. It is the only work of Mueck's that uses his own hair for the finished product.
Mueck's sculptures faithfully reproduce the minute detail of the human body, but play with scale to produce disconcertingly jarring visual images. His five metre high sculpture ''Boy'' 1999 was a feature in the [[Millennium Dome]] and later exhibited in the [[Venice Biennale]]. Today it sits as the centerpiece in the foyer off the Danish Contemporary Art Museum ARoS in Aarhus.
In 1999 Mueck was appointed as Associate Artist at the National Gallery, London. During this two-year post he created the works ''Mother and Child'', ''Pregnant Woman'', ''Man in a Boat'', and ''Swaddled Baby''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Ron Mueck |last=Greeves |first=Susanna|author2=Colin Wiggins |year=2003|publisher=National Gallery Company|location=London|isbn=1-85709-167-1 |pages=23–41 }}</ref>
In 2002 his sculpture ''Pregnant Woman''<ref>[http://www.nga.gov.au/NewAcquisitions/2003/mueck.htm Page Error<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> was purchased by the [[National Gallery of Australia]] for [[Australian dollar|A$]]800,000.
==Exhibitions==
[[File:In Bed by Ron Mueck.png|thumb|right|"In Bed" by Ron Mueck (2005)]]
Ron Mueck was part of the [[Sensation (art exhibition)|Sensation]] exhibition that began in London in 1997, then traveled to Berlin and then Brooklyn.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.nytimes.com/library/arts/093099brooklyn-museum.html |title=Brooklyn Museum Accused of Trying to Lift Art Value |first=David M. |last=Herszenhorn |date=30 September 1999 |publisher=New York Times |accessdate=29 September 2009}}</ref>
Mueck's first exhibition in Japan opened on 26 April 2009 at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, [[Kanazawa, Ishikawa|Kanazawa]]. It ran until 8 August and featured a collection of works displayed over six spaces in the gallery. Among them were Mueck's latest work, "A Girl". The exhibition also included two short films about the artist, covering both his artistic background and his production techniques.
An exhibition was held at [[Andy Warhol Museum|The Andy Warhol Museum]] in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]], USA, from 12 December 2007 through 30 March 2008. "Ron Mueck at The Andy Warhol Museum" featured seven of the artist’s realistic human sculptures, including: ''In Bed''; ''A Girl''; ''Wild Man''; ''Spooning Couple''; ''Man in a Boat''; ''Mask II''; and ''Mask III''.
A major exhibition of his work was shown as part of the [[Edinburgh Festival]] at the [[Royal Scottish Academy Building]] until 1 October 2006.<ref>[http://www.nationalgalleries.org/mueck/ National Galleries of Scotland - Whatson<!-- Bot generated title -->]{{dead link|date=June 2015}}</ref> A solo exhibition of nine works by Ron Mueck was presented at the [[Brooklyn Museum]] from 3 November 2006 through 4 February 2007.<ref>[http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/ron_mueck/ Brooklyn Museum: Ron Mueck<!-- Bot-generated title -->]</ref>
An exhibit of his work was also on view at the [[National Gallery of Canada]], in [[Ottawa]] from 2 March to 6 May 2007, organized by the [[Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain]] ([[Paris]]), in collaboration with the National Gallery of Canada, the Brooklyn Museum and the [[Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art]].
The [[Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth]], Texas, showed an exhibition of thirteen of Mueck's pieces from 24 June 2007, through 21 October 2007. The works in the show include ''Untitled (Seated Woman)'' (1999), ''Dead Dad'' (1996–97), ''In Bed'' (2005), ''Untitled (Big Man)'' (2000), ''Two Women'' (2005), ''Crouching Boy in Mirror'' (1999–2000), ''Spooning Couple'' (2005), ''Mask II'' (2001–2002), ''Mask III'' (2005), ''Wild Man'' (2005), and ''A Girl'' (2006).<ref>[http://www.mamfw.org/upcoming.html Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
A major retrospective of Mueck's work was held in his home town of Melbourne, Australia, in April 2010, at the [[National Gallery of Victoria]].
The [[Christchurch Art Gallery]] hosted a touring version of the National Gallery of Victoria's exhibition from 2 October 2010 to 23 January 2011.<ref>[http://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/exhibitions/ron-mueck/ Christchurch Art Gallery | Exhibitions | Ron Mueck]</ref>
The antique College of San Ildefonso Mexico 2011. Mueck participated in the group show ''Lifelike'' in 2012 which originated at the [[Walker Art Center]].<ref name=Sheets>{{cite news|author=Sheets, Hilarie M.|url=http://www.artnews.com/2012/04/19/use-your-illusion/|title=Use Your Illusion|date=19 April 2012|publisher=ARTnews|accessdate=3 May 2013}}</ref>
From November 2013 to February 2014, Ron Mueck was exhibited for the first time in Latin America. The exhibition took place in Fundación Proa, a modern art museum in La Boca, Buenos Aires.<ref name="Ron Mueck in Buenos Aires">[http://proa.org/esp/exhibition-ron-mueck.php Ron Mueck in Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires]</ref>
Leaving Argentina, the South American tour went to Brazil, with the nine works following to Rio de Janeiro, where they were exposed between March 20 and June 1, 2014 at [[Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro|MAM]],<ref name="Ron Mueck in MAM-Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro">[http://mamrio.org.br/exposicoes/ron-mueck/ Ron Mueck in MAM-Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro]</ref> marking the biggest audience in the history of that museum,<ref>[http://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/ron-mueck-supera-picasso-bate-recorde-de-publico-no-mam-12571732 Ruan Mueck exhibition achieves record attendance at MAM]</ref> and then to São Paulo, exhibited at the [[Pinacoteca do Estado de Sao Paulo|Pinacoteca]] during the period November 20, 2014 to February 22, 2015.<ref name="Ron Mueck in Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo">[http://www.pinacoteca.org.br/pinacoteca-pt/default.aspx?c=1252 Ron Mueck in Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo]</ref>
==Chronological list of works==
* ''Big Baby'' (1996), silicone, polyurethane, wood, synthetic hair. 85-cm-high model of baby with oversize eyes. (Private collection).
* ''Mongrel'' (1996), polyester resin, fiberglass, synthetic fur. Life-sized mongrel dog.(Collection of Sheilagh Tennant, Edinburgh).
* ''Pinocchio'' (1996), mixed media - standing boy, perhaps 5 years of age, wearing only underpants. (John and Amy Phelan Collection, New York).
* ''Dead Dad'' (1996–97), silicone, acrylic paint and human hair - a 2/3-life-sized sculpture of Mueck's father lying on his back, naked. (Stefan T. Edlis Collection, Chicago).
* ''Angel'' (1997), mixed media - a 1/3-scale boy seated on a tall stool, in a brooding pose looking down, sprouting wings made of real goose feathers. (Hoffman Collection, Dallas)
* ''Big Baby II'' (1997), polyester resin, fiberglass, silicone, synthetic hair. 85 cm-high model of baby. (Caldic Collectie, Rotterdam).
* ''Big Baby III'' (1997), polyester resin, fiberglass, silicone, synthetic hair, cotton. 85 cm-high model of baby. (Stefan T. Edlis Collection, Chicago).
* ''Man in a Sheet'' (1997), polyester resin, fiberglass, silicone, polyurethane, aluminum wire, synthetic hair, cotton. Man wrapped in a sheet, bending forward to gaze at floor. (Olbricht Collection, Germany).
* ''Mask (Self Portrait)''(1997) - eight-foot reproduction of Mueck's own face, frowning. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill. Residing in the Nasher Museum of Art at [[Duke University]].
* ''Ghost'' (1998), mixed media - 2 metres tall (3/2 scale?) adolescent girl, in swimming costume, leaning against a wall, face averted. ([[Tate Gallery]])
* ''Man under Cardigan'' (1998), silicone, polyurethane, polyester resin, aluminum wire, wool. Naked man, sitting on floor, a woollen cardigan held over his head as if to shelter from rain. (Vicki and Kent Logan Collection).
* ''Shaved Head'' (1998), mixed media. Naked man, squatting, arms stretched out, head turned downwards. (Hoffman Collection, Berlin).
* ''Boy'' (1999), fibreglass, resin, silicone - a 5-metre-tall sculpture of a boy, crouching. First shown in the UK [[Millennium Dome]] exhibition. It is now owned by the art museum [http://www.aros.dk/ ARoS] in the city of [[Aarhus]], Denmark, who use it as a trademark piece.
* ''Seated Woman'' (1999), mixed media - 1/2 scale clothed, seated, elderly woman, hands clasped, eyes almost closed - ([[Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth]]).
* ''Crouching Boy in Mirror'' (1999–2002), mixed media. Figure similar to the Millennium Boy, above, but on a much smaller scale, examining his reflection in a mirror. (The Broad art Foundation, Santa Monica).
* ''Baby'' (2000), mixed media - tiny naked newborn baby boy, arms akimbo.(Keith and Kathy Sachs).
* ''Untitled (Big Man)'' (2000) - a nearly seven-foot sculpture of a naked, completely hairless, belligerent-looking man sitting with his knees drawn up and his elbows resting on his knees, his head in his hand. The work is designed to sit in a corner. Owned by the [[Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden]] in Washington, D.C., it has become one of the museum's most popular works since its acquisition.
* ''Man in Blankets'' (2000), mixed media - 1/2 scale - elderly naked man almost completely enveloped in blankets, which form a kind of cocoon. (Hoffman Collection, Dallas). Artist's proof is owned by Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf.
* ''Old Woman in Bed'' (2000), mixed media - 1/2 scale - very elderly or dying woman lying in bed, draped in blankets, asleep. ([[National Gallery of Canada]], Ottawa).
* ''Standing Man'' (2000), mixed media. Middle-aged or elderly man dressed in gown and duffle coat. (Private collection, Milan).
* ''Mask II'' (2001-2), mixed media. Huge head (the face appears to be Mueck's own), lying on its side as if asleep - private collection.
* ''Mother and Child'' (2002), fibreglass, resin, silicone - 1/2 scale naked woman who has just given birth, the baby laid on her stomach with umbilical cord still attached and trailing to the woman's womb. (Bayerische Staatsgemaeldesammlungen, Munich).
* ''Man in a Boat'' (2002), mixed media - 1/3 scale naked man seated toward the prow of a 4-metre-long rowing boat. (Private collection).
* ''Pregnant Woman'' (2002), fibreglass, resin, silicone - 2.5-metres tall sculpture of a naked pregnant woman clasping her hands above her head. ([[National Gallery of Australia]]).
* ''Swaddled Baby'' (2002), mixed media - life-sized new-born baby wrapped in swaddling clothes, head on a pillow.
* ''Head of a Baby'' (2003), mixed media. Huge head of a baby. ([[National Gallery of Canada]], Ottawa).
* ''Baby on a Chair'' (2004), mixed media. Baby wrapped in blanket, placed on a wooden chair. (Collection Glenn Fuhrmann, New York).
* ''In Bed'' (2005). Huge (3 x scale?) woman lying in bed, hand raised to her face in a contemplative pose. ([[Queensland Gallery of Modern Art]]).
* ''Mask III'' (2005), mixed media. Huge (1.5 metre tall) face of a woman. ([[Anthony d'Offay]]).
* ''Spooning Couple'' (2005), mixed media. 1/2 scale of partially clothed middle-aged man and woman lying in 'spooning' position as if in bed - artist's collection.
* ''Two Women'' (2005), mixed media. Two diminutive, clothed, elderly women, standing as though gossiping. (National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia).
* ''Wild Man'' (2005), mixed media. A nine-foot sculpture of a naked, bearded, fearful man clutching the stool he is seated on. (McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, Victoria, Australia).
* ''A Girl'' (2006), mixed media. Newborn baby, with part of umbilical cord and some blood. ([[National Gallery of Canada]], Ottawa).
* ''Standing Woman'' (2007), mixed media. Huge (4-meter high) middle-aged woman, dressed in black. (Towada Arts Center, Towada City, Japan).
* ''Woman with Sticks'' (2008), mixed media. 180 cm-high model of naked woman, bent backwards, carrying huge bundle of sticks. (Private collection).
* ''Drift'' (2009), mixed media. 2/3-scale man floating on his back on inflatable raft, wearing sunglasses and swimming trunks. ([[Anthony d'Offay]]).
* ''Still Life'' (2009), mixed media. Slaughtered and plucked chicken, same size as a human being, hung from hook by its feet. ([[Anthony d'Offay]]).
* ''Youth'' (2009), mixed media. Diminutive figure (65 cm high) of black youth, holding up his T-shirt to examine a wound in his belly. ([[Anthony d'Offay]]).
* ''Couple Under An Umbrella'' (2013) Courtesy Courtesy Caldic Collectie, Wassenaar.
* ''Woman With Shopping'' (2013) Courtesy Hauser & Wirth / Anthony d’Offay, London<ref>{{cite book |title=Ron Mueck (Exhibition Catalog)|last=Hurlston|first=David|author2=et al |year=2010|publisher=National Gallery of Victoria|location=Melbourne}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[Duane Hanson]]
* [[George Segal (artist)|George Segal]]
* [[John De Andrea]]
* [[Patricia Piccinini]] (similar artist)
* [[Zarko Baseski]] (similar artist)
* [[Roman sculpture]] (historical connection)
==Notes==
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==External links==
* [http://www.sculpture.org/documents/scmag03/jul_aug03/mueck/mueck.shtml Sculpture Magazine article]
* [http://www.kanazawa21.jp/exhibit/mueck/index_en.html 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa Japan]
* {{IMDb name|id=0610967}}
* [http://www.fondation.cartier.fr/ Ron Mueck at the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain (Paris)]
* [[wikia:muppet:Ron Mueck|Ron Mueck Muppet Wiki]]
* Examples of work at the [http://www.jamescohan.com/artists/ronmueck/ James Cohan Gallery]{{dead link|date=June 2015}}
* [http://www.nga.gov.au/Mueck/ ''Pregnant Woman''] at the National Gallery of Australia
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2005/12/29/GA2005122900888_index_frames.htm?startat=1 Washington Post gallery]
* [http://www.nationalgalleries.org/whatson/exhibition/5:368/4381 At the National Gallery of Scotland, 2006]{{dead link|date=June 2015}}
* [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1842696,00.html Article on Ron Mueck] in ''[[The Guardian]]''
* [http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/ron_mueck/ Solo Exhibition] at the [[Brooklyn Museum]]
* Details of the exhibition run by [http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/ English Heritage] at [http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/belsay-hall-castle-and-gardens/extraordinary-measures/meet-the-artists/artists/ron-mueck/ Belsay Hall, Northumberland]{{dead link|date=June 2015}}
* [http://petai.my/2010/05/ukiran-hidup-oleh-pengukir-ron-mueck Ukiran Hidup Ron Mueck]
* [http://www.blog.palosantohotel.com/2013/11/11/ron-mueck-exhibition-fundacion-proa/ Ron Mueck at Fundación PROA (Buenos Aires, Argentina)]
* [http://www.fondation.cartier.com/#/en/art-contemporain/26/exhibitions/866/ron-mueck/862/ron-mueck/ Ron Mueck at MAM (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)]
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