curatorial info
Ron Mueck
- Bio: Australian, b. Melbourne, 1958
- School: International Contemporary
Exhibition History
ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY, Buffalo. "Bodily Space: New Obsessions in Figurative Sculpture," 20 April-7 September 2004.
GALERIES NATIONALES DU GRAND PALAIS, Paris. "Genie et Folie en Occident: Une Historie de la Melancolie," 10 October 2005-16 January 2006. TOUR: NEUE NATIONALGALERIE, Berlin, 16 February-7 May.
BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART. "Ron Mueck Sculpture," 3 November 2006-4 February 2007. TOUR: NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA, Ottawa, 2 March -6 May; MODERN ART MUSEUM OF FORT WORTH, Texas, 24 June-21 October.
Published References
UNSIGNED. "Directions-Ron Mueck," Smithsonian Today (Spring 2002), p. 2.
UNSIGNED. What's Happening: November-December 2006 (Brooklyn Museum, 2006), cover. [events calendar]
UNSIGNED. Discover Magazine (February 2007), cover.
ROBINSON, GAILE. "Not Actual Size," Fort Worth Star-Telegram (24 June 2007), p. D1.
MITCHELL, CHARLES DEE. "Humanity Writ Large," The Dallas Morning News (25 June 2007), ill. p. E4.
PRICE, MICHAEL H. "Mueck's Colossal Sculptures Dominate Modern Exhibit," Fort Worth Business Press (2 July 2007), p. 26.
Ron Mueck
Untitled (Big Man), (2000) Pigmented polyester resin on fiberglass80 1/4 x 47 1/2 x 80 1/2 in. (203.8 x 120.7 x 204.5 cm)
Museum Purchase with Funds Provided by the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest and in Honor of Robert Lehrman, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, 1997--2004, for his extraordinary leadership and unstinting service to the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number: 01.4


