Ron Mueck exhibit @ BK Museum....

:shock: Everyone MUST see this exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum....
the sculpture of Ron Mueck (thru Feb 4 '07)
Probably the most incredible collection of work I've ever seen, it will absolutely blow your mind. I simultaneously felt like a tiny infant curiously gazing, and an enormous giant intrusively spying. Absolutely incredible shit.=D>

I love everything I've heard about this exhibit - how real it is, how perfect in the imperfections of reality, etc. the use of scale sounds particularly intriguing. thanks for reminding me!

Surely it couldn't surpass his work on "Labyrinth"?

ANFIELD wrote: Surely it couldn't surpass his work on "Labyrinth"?

I'm not familiar with that work.... but if you're a fan of any of his stuff, this Brooklyn Museum exhibit is a must-see. I can't say enough about it. Astonishing.

I loved the stuff of his I saw during the "Sensation" exhibit. I've definitely been planning to go see this exhibit.

I guess I was being a little cheeky but Ron did start off making models and puppets for TV and then movies. He worked on "Labyrinth", which makes him alright in my book. Don't know about this arty shit, though. (I kid, I kid.)

I also LOVED the exhibit. For me, the pieces sparked a lot of emotional reaction: the sense of alone-ness of the figures, and that exploration of voyeurism... I also agree, well worth seeing. And of course, Annie Liebowitz is there at the same time.

Yea it was crazy awesome. WHere did you get those pics from? (b.c I remember you weren't allowed to take pictures in that exhibit)

Mr. Tips wrote: Yea it was crazy awesome. WHere did you get those pics from? (b.c I remember you weren't allowed to take pictures in that exhibit)

The internets, of course

i hated this exhibit.

I really dig hyperrealistic sculpture like this, especially when it futzes around with scale the way Mueck's work does.

You aren't allowed to take photos, but people were sneaking them left and right when I went a couple of weeks ago. Some museum banshee spotted me and came screeching across the room like I'd just murdered someone. Snap at your own peril. Still, well worth seeing.

I thought it was amazing. It's the kind of work that will end up on alien spaceships someday as representative of the time.

Subject: yeah it really creeped me out

it was creepy to me. definitely worth seeing. it was pretty mindblowing.

Subject: annie leibovitz

was completely underwhelming. bad exhibit, to me.

jocelyn wrote: it was creepy to me. definitely worth seeing. it was pretty mindblowing.

jocelyn wrote: was completely underwhelming. bad exhibit, to me.

It seems like it left you a little confused.

it was a cool exhibit but there weren't that many pieces, i think there were 10 in total. the video they played showed how he constructs the pieces. but they didn't have the sculpture that they showed being created in the video( the pregnant women. )

funny thing was there were these 2 kids sitting absolutely still next to one of the sculptures, then they suddenly moved and scared the crap out of me.

on the floor below they had this other exhibit of all these giant watercolor paintings of animals, i dont remember the name of the artist but they were amazing.

jgregorie wrote:
on the floor below they had this other exhibit of all these giant watercolor paintings of animals, i dont remember the name of the artist but they were amazing.

Walton Ford.

I loved both the Ron Mueck and Walton Ford exhibits-- especially all the astonishing amount of detail and patience it takes to create these works!

Carnivore wrote: [quote=jocelyn]it was creepy to me. definitely worth seeing. it was pretty mindblowing.

jocelyn wrote: was completely underwhelming. bad exhibit, to me.

It seems like it left you a little confused.


nice when art makes you think

(must.go.Brooklyn.Museum.now. I am so into that Walton Ford work!)

Masha99 wrote: I also LOVED the exhibit. For me, the pieces sparked a lot of emotional reaction: the sense of alone-ness of the figures, and that exploration of voyeurism... I also agree, well worth seeing. And of course, Annie Liebowitz is there at the same time.

Yeah, the whole voyeurism aspect really added a lot to it. I specifically remember the "wild man" sitting on the chair, looking uncomfortabley naked, and peering down his nose at the pint-sized people staring at him. Ditto for the woman in the bed and guy in the corner. A little surreal.

Subject: CARNIVORE

CARNIVORE: I put the beginning of my post in the SUBJECT LINE. I usually do that, but I will stop in this forum, because I notice the subject line is very easily overlooked because it's so tiny.

Whether you hate it or like it, the Ron Mueck exhibit is definitely worth seeing.

Subject: Re: CARNIVORE

jocelyn wrote: CARNIVORE: I put the beginning of my post in the SUBJECT LINE. I usually do that, but I will stop in this forum, because I notice the subject line is very easily overlooked because it's so tiny.

Ahhh... now I get it.
I agree that putting the entire sentence in the message body would be advisable in the future to keep your message clear.

Izzieeeee i totally agree-i cant stop talking about the exhibit. I've been telling Everyone to go see it.

I saw it today, I thought it was so cool I already told 3 friends they must go see it .

libbrooklyn wrote: I saw it today.....

Isn't the Museum closed on Monday and Tuesday? Does someone have a special 24/7 VIP pass?

Just a mistake. actually was there Sunday,

what i hated more than the exhibit....
were the people standing around the pieces talking about the meaning of each model. "You can really see the heroism in this" blah blah..
all i could think was "her hands aren't to scale to her face" and "does this guy make the dead "ER" babies?"

im not confused. i just have different taste

Subject: hurrah

I'm so grateful for the Mueck show. I last saw his work in 2002, at the National Gallery of Art in London, where he was artist-in-residence. He is a major talent, showing his thing in Brooklyn, to the immense benefit of the museum, the reputation of the bourg, and every working artist in it.