Ron Mueck

Hyper-realist art has always frightened me. Many art connoisseurs may dismiss hyper-realist art as the baby, the infantile evolution of a true art lover as hyper-realism is the most explicit and "obvious", in contrast to modern, cubist, and dada pieces which is more abstract.

I love hyper-realism and even though that might be the "pop" of art, artisans like Ron Mueck have always inspired me to look at the human body with more depth, to examine the fine lines and crevices that make the human form. Not only does Ron Mueck produce pieces that look extremely life like, he also expands, makes bigger his pieces so that his giant hyper-realist pieces results in them being almost surrealist (a la Dali, Blake, etc.)

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