10 Facts about Ron Mueck

If you like sculpture, you need to check Facts about Ron Mueck. He is the famous and popular sculptor from Australia. He was born in Melbourne in 1958. Now he works in UK. His parents are from Germany. His family has a doll and puppetry making businesses. Before he worked in film and advertising in United States, Mueck had his experienced working for Australian children’s TV as a creative director. Paula Rego asked him to create a small figure of Pinocchio in 1996. It would be displayed for the exhibition at Hayward Gallery in London for Spellbound: Art and Film. Let us find out other details about Ron Mueck below:

Facts about Ron Mueck 1: the public attention

The public attention was centered on Mueck when he showed his sculpture under the title “Dead Dad”. The sculpture represents his deceased father created in half scale design.

Facts about Ron Mueck 2: the exhibition of Dead Dad

Dead Dad was exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, London in 1997 that attracted the people’s attention.

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Facts about Ron Mueck 3: the first solo exhibition

In 1998, Mueck had his first solo exhibition in London at Anthony d’Offay Gallery.

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Facts about Ron Mueck 4: Boy

One of the famous works of Mueck was Boy 1999. It was a sculpture with the height of 16 feet or 5 meters. It became a feature at Millennium Dome. In 2001, the Boy sculpture was displayed at the 49th Venice Biennale. If you are interested to spot the work, you can go to Aarhus for it is located at the foyer of Danish Contemporary Art Museum AroS.

Facts about Ron Mueck 5: an associate artist

Mueck was appointed by the National Gallery in London as their Associate Artist in 2000 until 2002. Mueck created a number of works during the period of time, which included Swaddled Baby, Man in a Boat, Pregnant Women and Mother and Child. All of them were exhibited in 2003.

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Facts about Ron Mueck 6: the current touring exhibition

The current exhibition of Mueck took place in 2013 in Paris. His works were displayed at Foundation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain. Mueck then travelled to other countries to exhibit his works. He went to Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo to show his works.

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Facts about Ron Mueck 7: the exhibition in 2016

In 2016, Mueck also exhibited his work. The first one was located in Vienna at Kunsthistorisches Museum. Next, he moved to Finland to exhibit his works at Sara Hildén Art Museum.