100 oversized human skulls. Mass by Ron Mueck

03/01/2018. The Triennial of Contemporary Art and Design en NGV [Melbourne] Australia 15.12.2017 - 04.15.2018
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Mass by Ron Mueck. Image courtesy of NGV/Sean Fennessey
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Moving Creates Vortices and Vortices Create Movement by Teamlab, is immersive mirrored room that reacts to visitors' movements. Another highlight is an epic display of 100 oversized human skulls created by Australian artist Ron Mueck.

Inspired by the complex biological structure of the human skull – which the artist considers beautiful and extraordinary – Ron Mueck’s new work Mass, 2016–17, celebrates a form that links us as a species.

Mass is also a sombre study of mortality, and comprising 100 individual human skulls it calls to mind iconic images of massed remains in the Paris catacombs as well as the documentation of contemporary human atrocities in Cambodia, Rwanda, Srebrenica and Iraq.

The skull has been a potent symbol within the art of virtually all cultures and religions, not least the Western history of art, including in Dutch still-life painting and the vanitas painting genre of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries which served as a reminder of the transience of life. To draw out and contextualise these resonances, this monumental work has been placed within the historical collection galleries of NGV International.
Mass by Ron Mueck. Image courtesy of NGV/Sean Fennessey
Mass by Ron Mueck. Image courtesy of NGV/Sean Fennessey Mass by Ron Mueck. Image courtesy of NGV/Sean Fennessey
Mass by Ron Mueck. Image courtesy of NGV/Sean Fennessey
Mass by Ron Mueck. Image courtesy of NGV/Sean Fennessey
Mass by Ron Mueck. Image courtesy of NGV/Sean Fennessey
Mass by Ron Mueck. Image courtesy of NGV/Sean Fennessey
Mass by Ron Mueck. Image courtesy of NGV/Sean Fennessey
Mass by Ron Mueck. Image courtesy of NGV/Sean Fennessey
Mass by Ron Mueck. Image courtesy of NGV/Sean Fennessey
Mass by Ron Mueck. Image courtesy of NGV/Sean Fennessey
Mass by Ron Mueck. Image courtesy of NGV/Sean Fennessey
Mass by Ron Mueck. Image courtesy of NGV/Sean Fennessey
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Dates
Dec 15, 2017 - Apr 15, 2018
Venue
Special Exhibitions Gallery, Ground Level, NGV International. National Gallery of Victoria, 180 St Kilda Road, Melbourne Vic 3006, Australia

Ron Mueck

Ron Mueck. Born in Melbourne in 1958, Mueck has been based in the United Kingdom since 1986. He has explored the possibilities of the human form, first as a special-effects worker creating photorealistic props and animatronics for the film and advertising industries (under pioneering puppeteer Jim Henson), and later as an artist. Mueck had early success as part of the landmark 1997 exhibition Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection, at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. The overwhelming public response to his work has since led him to be seen as Australia’s most successful contemporary artist internationally, with his work shown throughout the world. As a sculptor, Mueck is now arguably the preeminent international exponent of hyperrealism.
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