Ron Mueck - Hardcover

Greeves, Susanna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3775717196 ISBN 13: 9783775717199

Publisher: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2006

Synopsis

Ron Mueck, the hyperrealist sculptor, learned his craft making models and puppets for television and movies. He was nearly 40 when his work came to the attention of Charles Saatchi. At Saatchi's urging, he began to show his sculptures in gallery and museum contexts in the late 1990s. They met with astonishment and praise, particularly Dead Dad, a silicon and mixed-media model of Mueck's father's body, perfectly proportioned but less than four feet long, which made its debut at the highly publicized Sensation show. The human presence and perfection of detail in Mueck's work, the realism and mysterious, transfigured quality of his figures, which stems in part from his extravagant liberties with scale, excited immediate international attention. Since then, the artist's fame has increased steadily with each new work. This second, expanded edition of the monograph of record updates the only comprehensive publication on Mueck's work. Bastian's catalogue raisonne lists all of his works to date.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

This book accompanies an exhibition at the National Gallery, London, from March 19 to June 22, 2003. Published by the National Gallery Company and distributed by Yale University Press

About the Author:

Ron Mueck was born in 1958 in Melbourne, Australia. His work has been exhibited in the infamous Sensation show, at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and, most recently, in solo shows at The National Gallery in London and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney. Mueck lives and works in London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hatje Cantz Publishers
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 3775717196
• ISBN 13: 9783775717199
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 96
• Editor: Bastian Heiner