Yes, I thought that it was a bit too enthusiastic as well but there's something
special about marble, really special. When sculpted well, the stone flows in a
very strange way.
Ron Mueck is astonishing but I also disagree with the silly description of him
as 'hyper-realist'. (Hyper - hype).
True realism would involve human scale, not Brobdingnagian monsters. Some of
his work does this - a statue of his father I think was one - but he is known
for his far more unrealistic work.
Awesome stuff.
Andrew Fildes
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On 09/11/2010, at 8:21 AM, Brian Swale wrote:
> Chris Crawford wrote
>>
>> Nathan,
>>
>> I showed this link to a few friends tonight and we all thought the same
>> thing you did. This guy is an incredible sculptor. Nobody today has that
>> kind of skill at rendering the naturalistic human form. I guess the world
>> has too many Greek god statues, so he's doing something else, lol.
>
> Taking mild issue with Chris's 3rd sentence, I suggest people check out
> Ron Mueck ; see
>
> http://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/exhibitions/ron-mueck/
>
> http://cubeme.com/blog/2007/10/31/ron-mueck-hyper-realist-sculptor-at-
> brookliyn-museum/
>
> Brian Swale.
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