Realistic Sculptures

By Hannah

In Christchurch we visited an art gallery displaying work by a sculptor named Ron Mueck. Ron worked on the Muppets and Fraggle Rock. He also worked in London making models for film, television, and advertising. Later he made a sculpture he called Dead Dad. It is one metre tall and was a big hit. We saw this sculpture with many others such as Mask ,which is a giant sleeping head of himself, a 2.5 metre naked pregnant woman, a wild 3 metre tall hairy man, two old ladies, a woman in bed (see photo) and much others. My favourite is the newborn baby girl because it is very realistic. The skin, hair, posture and colour is very realistic in all of his sculptures. There are no life size sculptures because Ron Mueck feels they are quite boring because every day you see regular sized people. He wanted to make something different. Ron's sculptors are made from polyester resin, fiberglass, silicone, aluminium, and synthetic hair.

Ron Mueck's sculptures were amazing and truly one of a kind.