In 2001, the art dealer Anthony d'Offay suddenly closed his hugely successful London art gallery. At one swoop he dissolved the most magnificent stable of contemporary artists in Britain - giants of the art scene. The single artist d'Offay chose to continue to represent was Ron Mueck. The Royal Scottish Academy building now teems with crowds at Scotland's first Ron Mueck exhibition. The show is a great hit. It looks likely to equal the record set by the most popular exhibition in the history of the National Galleries of Scotland - the 2003 Monet exhibition.
People who don't normally visit modern art are flocking in. Mueck makes models of human beings. Some are enormous - twice, three times, 10 times lifesize. He wowed the Venice Biennale in 2001 with Boy, a crouching figure so massive its back nearly brushed the ceiling of the Arsenale. Some are tiny: half lifesize, or even smaller. This show is an unnerving, unforgettable experience; those silicon eyes feel like weird windows into real men's souls. 'Ron Mueck' is at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh (0131 624 6200), until Oct 8.
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Unforgettable Art Show
In 2001, the art dealer Anthony d'Offay suddenly closed his hugely successful London art gallery. At one swoop he dissolved the most magnificent stable of contemporary artists in Britain - giants of the art scene. The single artist d'Offay chose to continue to represent was Ron Mueck. The Royal Scottish Academy building now teems with crowds at Scotland's first Ron Mueck exhibition. The show is a great hit. It looks likely to equal the record set by the most popular exhibition in the history of the National Galleries of Scotland - the 2003 Monet exhibition.
People who don't normally visit modern art are flocking in. Mueck makes models of human beings. Some are enormous - twice, three times, 10 times lifesize. He wowed the Venice Biennale in 2001 with Boy, a crouching figure so massive its back nearly brushed the ceiling of the Arsenale. Some are tiny: half lifesize, or even smaller. This show is an unnerving, unforgettable experience; those silicon eyes feel like weird windows into real men's souls. 'Ron Mueck' is at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh (0131 624 6200), until Oct 8.
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Irish Art
