Ron Mueck
Posted by Moonage | Filed under The World Of David Bowie
Bowie has appeared in a lot of films. Some bit parts, some just plum weird, and some not so weird. Probably his most popular appearance was in the movie Labyrinth
Ron Mueck is a London-based photo-realist artist. Born in Melbourne to parents who were toy makers, he labored on children’s television shows for 15 years before working in special effects for such films as Labyrinth, a 1986 fantasy epic starring David Bowie.
Eventually Mueck concluded that photography pretty much destroys the physical presence of the original object, and so he turned to fine art and sculpture. In the early 1990’s, still in his advertising days, Mueck was commissioned to make something highly realistic, and was wondering what material would do the trick. Latex was the usual, but he wanted something harder, more precise. Luckily, he saw a little architectural decor on the wall of a boutique and inquired as to the nice, pink stuff’s nature. Fiberglass resin was the answer, and Mueck has made it his bronze and marble ever since.
That didn’t quite prepare me for what was to follow. Here’s some of Ron’s works currently on display:
And here’s a little movie on some of his stuff and how he does it:
Pretty incredible huh?
Tags: labyrinth, realism, ron-mueck, The World Of David Bowie
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Cristin 
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July 19th, 2007 at 3:50 pmFirst of all, I love, love, LOVE Labyrinth. It’s my favorite movie and Jareth was my first love. That movie is the reason why I listen to David Bowie. And pretty much every other 20-30 year old chick will tell you the same thing;)
Ron Mueck is uh-may-zing! I didn’t realize he worked on Labyrinth though, poo! Strike 1 for me and my Lab knowledge.
He had a show recently at Duke where I work and I popped in. It’s quite scary to be confronted with such realistic, larger than life sculptures. The scowling man’s face was at the entrance. It’s, oh, 6′ tall and was hanging so you can walk up to it and under it. He has nose hairs, pores with beard stubble and everything. Awesome.
