Ron Mueck's Sculptural Work

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Ron Mueck, Spooning Couple, 2005. Photo: © Ron Mueck 2008. Tate and National Galleries of Scotland.

MANCHESTER.- 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. Mask III 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.

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Ron Mueck's Sculptural Work

Giacometti's Walking Man I Record-Breaking Price

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Alberto Giacometti's Walking Man I Sells for a Record-Breaking $104,327,006 at Sotheby's

Auctioneer Henry Wyndam sells the sculpture 'Walking Man I' or 'L'Homme qui marche I', by Alberto Giacometti, at Sotheby's auction rooms in London, Wednesday Feb. 3, 2010. The life-size bronze sculpture of a man by Alberto Giacometti was sold at the London auction for 65 million pounds (US$104 million). Sotheby's says the sale set a world record for the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction. The auction house said Wednesday it took just eight minutes for bidders to reach the hammer price for the item. AP Photo / Anthony Devlin. LONDON.- Today at Sotheby’s, Alberto Giacometti’s L’homme qui marche I sold for £65,001,250 / $104,327,006 becoming the most expensive art work ever sold at auction. The bronze sculpture exceeded the previous record of $104.1 million (£58,052,830) also set at Sotheby’s in May 2004 by Pablo Picasso’s Garçon à la Pipe. The expectant saleroom fell quiet as bidding opened at £12 million. Some eight minutes later, after a fast and furious bidding battle between at least ten prospective purchasers, this spectacular piece - the only life-time cast of this iconic subject ever to have come to auction - sold to an anonymous telephone bidder, establishing a new record price not only for the artist, and for any piece of sculpture ever sold at auction but also, and more importantly, taking its place in history as the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction. Formerly part of the corporate collection of Dresdner Bank AG, the sculpture came into the posses ... More

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Giacometti's Walking Man I Record-Breaking Price