Spooning Couple

Spooning Couple

Ron MueckWW-2005-166217
2005·Mixed media·plinth: 690 x 827 x 624 mm, 20 kg displayed: 1165 x 1040 x 790 mm

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2005
Dimensions
plinth: 690 x 827 x 624 mm, 20 kg displayed: 1165 x 1040 x 790 mm
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Ron Mueck

Artist

Ron Mueck
Ron Mueck

Sculpture

Ron Mueck is an Australian sculptor renowned for hyperrealistic figurative works cast in silicone and fiberglass, often depicting solitary or vulnerable human subjects at unexpected scales. His practice combines obsessive technical precision in surface detail, hair application, and anatomical accuracy with a conceptual interest in scale distortion and psychological intimacy. Working between monumental and miniature registers, Mueck produces sculptures that oscillate between the uncanny and the deeply empathetic, challenging conventional relationships between viewer and subject.

Melbourne, Australia

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Ron Mueck
Year
2005
Dimensions
plinth: 690 x 827 x 624 mm, 20 kg displayed: 1165 x 1040 x 790 mm
Watts ID
WW-2005-166217

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