Ron Mueck

  With regards to the twice life size ear I shall model and cast, I thought it appropriate to share the work of Ron Mueck. Mueck creates larger than life sized sculptures of people with great accuracy. This use of scale combined with the level of detail creates a curiously bizarre spectacle. 

  I chose this piece as the subject almost seems aware of it's audience. He looks self concision and vulnerable (even though his size could easily make him extremely intimidating); this is indicated not only by his nudity, but by his body language in the way he appears to have tucked himself away in the corner. There are other subtleties too such as his stooped shoulders and curled up toes that confirm this. I particularly admire how he looks somewhat bored and simply "fed up" of being cooped up in a gallery to be stared at by strangers.