Man Ray Man Ray Man Ray Craig Raine on Ron Mueck's sculptures | Art and design The story so far. In 1997, at the Royal Academy, the sensation of Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection is neither Damien Hirst's increasingly dowdy, dilapidated, dog-eared shark, nor the homeopathically talented Tracey Emin, whose empty appliquéd tent is an exact objective correlative of her camp conceptualism. Nor is it yet Marcus Harvey's cool, ironic but cynically hyped portrait of Myra Hindley, whose compositional method is denounced by the tabloids - because the face is an agglomeration of childish handprints. Nor is the sensation of Sensation the Jake and Dinos Chapman 1995 fibreglass frieze of girls - naked, prepubescent, wearing only trainers, but sporting several penile noses and open, anal mouths. Among this clamorous, attention-seeking art there is good work - by Jenny Saville, Rachel Whiteread, and the photographer Richard Billingham. The greatness of Dead Dad is oxymoronic: its very completeness also tells us something is missing. Echoes.
ron mueck's figurative sculptures at fondation cartier, paris apr 16, 2013 ron mueck's figurative sculptures at fondation cartier, paris artist ron mueck working on a piece to especially created for an exhibition at fondation cartier pour l’art contemporain in parisimage © ron mueckphoto © gautier deblonde ron mueckfondation cartier pour l’art contemporain, parisapril 16th to september 29th, 2013 the first major exhibition in europe since 2005 of ron mueck opened today at the fondation cartier pour l’art contemporain, paris, unveiling new work by the highly acclaimed london-based artist. to complement six important recent sculptures, the show also includes three pieces produced especially for the event – two teenagers in the street, a mother and baby and an elderly couple on the beach. still life: ron mueck at workvideo courtesy of fondation cartier to complement six important recent sculptures, the show also includes three pieces produced especially for the eventimage © ron mueckphoto © gautier deblonde lara mikocki I designboom