Ron Mueck comes to Manchester Art Gallery
4th February 2010
Thanks to the ongoing tour of ARTIST ROOMS, the hyper-real sculptures of celebrated artist Ron Mueck will be on show at Manchester Art Gallery from 4 February to 11 April 2010.
Ron Mueck’s sculptural work concentrates on the human form, tenderly
portraying people in their most intimate, isolated and vulnerable moments. This
exhibition features three of his remarkable, out-of-scale sculptures from the
ARTIST ROOMS collection: Wild Man, 2005; Spooning Couple, 2005;
and Mask III, 2005. Following the success of ARTIST ROOMS last year, 21 museums and galleries
across the UK in 2010 will be showing 25 ARTIST ROOMS exhibitions and displays
from the collection created by the curator and collector, Anthony d’Offay, and
acquired by the nation in February 2008. ARTIST ROOMS on Tour with The Art
Fund has been devised to enable this collection held by Tate and the
National Galleries of Scotland, to reach and inspire new audiences across the
country, particularly young people. As will all the ARTIST ROOMS exhibitions, entry to the Ron Mueck show is
completely free of charge. The Art Fund has allocated £250,000 per year of the
tour to make this possible. Stephen Deuchar, Director of The Art Fund, said: "Ron Mueck is an
extraordinary artist whose work generates powerful responses wherever it is
displayed. Anthony d’Offay’s vision for the ARTIST ROOMS collection was that it
would be encountered by as many people as possible - young people in particular.
By taking this extraordinary collection out of London and Edinburgh, ARTIST
ROOMS On Tour with The Art Fund is enabling people in and around Manchester
to see Mueck’s work on their doorstep and entirely free of charge." Australian-born, London-based artist Ron Mueck began his career as a model
maker and puppeteer for children’s television – working with creator of the
Muppets Jim Henson on shows such as Sesame Street, and on films
including Labyrinth. Mueck first made his name as an acclaimed artist
when his work was included in the Royal Academy’s 1997 Sensation
exhibition alongside works by Young British Artists such as Damien Hirst,
Tracey Emin and Jake & Dinos Chapman. Since then, Mueck’s works have been
exhibited across the world, captivating the public wherever they have been
shown. Ends RELATED STORIES
