Ron Mueck (1958). Australian sculptor, he now lives and works in London. Mueck was born in Melbourne, Victoria, his parents were both toy makers. Before he in London in the mid 1990s established as a sculptor, he had a career as professional puppet-maker and puppeteer for children's television programme and film such as the film "Labyrinth", 1986, where Mueck was the voice of Ludo. "Labyrinth" was made by the world famous American puppeteer Jim Henson (he created the muppets in 1969). Mueck established his own firm in London, where he created props and animatronics, the props were designed to be photographed from a specific angle to hide the structure, however Mueck became more and more engaged in creating realistic sculptures. A sculpture is any three-dimensional form created as an artistic expression, it is carved, modeled or constructed, it has no reverse side (like a relief has), it can be viewed from all sides and angles. Mueck turned to art full time in 1996 at the instigation of his mother-in-law, the Portuguese painter Paula Rego, she introduced him to Charles Saatchi, and Mueck made his name at the exhibition "Sensation: Works from the Saatchi Collection" with his "Dead Dad", (his father's corpse), 1996-97, silicone and acrylic paint. Later Mueck preferred to use fibre-glass.
Mueck's sculptures are accurate representations of the human body often oversized ("Dead Dad" is undersized). His almost five metres high sculpture "Boy", 2000, belongs to ARoS Aarhus Museum of Art. "Boy" is the landmark of ARoS. The sculpture was exhibited in 2000 in London's Millennium Dome, and Mueck participated with "Boy" at the Venice Biennale 2001. The Art Museum ARoS was inaugurated May 7th 2004 by HM Queen Margrethe II.