Ron Mueck - Wild Man

Well known for his hyper real sculptures of humans, Ron Muecks Wild Man is a larger than life sculpture currently being displayed at the McClellend Gallery which was purchased by the Elizabeth Murdoch Sculpture Foundation and The Balnaves Foundation. The sculpture is made from polyester resin, silicone, horse hair, polyester menofilament and fibre glass. Mueck pays very close attention to every detail of the human body, replicating to perfection every aspect of the Wild Mans body- veins, pores, blemishes, wrinkles and skin tones.

Muecks sculptures are never life size, they are either gigantic or miniature in dimensions to emphasise the discontinuities between portrayal and reality. Standing at 285 x 162 x 108cm, Wild Man happens to be one of the gigantic sort. This sculpture is quite confronting yet outstanding. Wild Man has a fearful expression on his face - a sense of vulnerability - which made me feel a little uneasy. I couldn't get over the detail of everything. From the texture of the finger nails to the colour of his toes scrunched up tightly, It was bloody amazing.

I have seen one of his sculptures before Wild Man. Pregnant woman 2002 a few years back. That too was fair awesome.