Ron Mueck Exhibition

Justin and I have been interested at seeing this exhibition at the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art for a while.  So on this beautiful sunny day we took a ride on the citycat and decided to see what all the fuss was about.

My goodness it was really something.  This artist makes sculptures out of a variety of synthetic materials, mostly polyester resin, fibreglass and silicone.  The crazy thing is not just their size (which Justin demonstrates above, but Mueck also does small/to scale sculptures) but the unbelievable amount of detail on the sculptures.  Each hair is put in individually to have the appearance of hair growing (this includes stubble and body hair) and each tiny detail is painted on painstakingly.  The result is really amazing.

Watch this video about the pregnant woman sculpture, it shows some of the processes that led to the completion of the sculpture and shows some of the other sculptures.  NB: You need to be registered with Youtube to prove you're over 18 to watch it, but if you aren't just start here ;)