Fall 2022 - The Figure

2014
Ron Mueck (born 1958) draws upon memories,
reveries, and everyday experience as he
approaches his subjects with extraordinary
empathy. Typically spending more than a
year conceiving and making each figure,
Mueck captures every physical detail with
an astonishing degree of verisimilitude.
This naturalism, however, is undercut by
his calculated play with scale. Woman with
Shopping, which stands only 44 inches high,
was inspired by a woman and child Mueck
spotted on a London street; he meticulously
translated this fleeting encounter into a
compassionate testament to new motherhood,
and the loving care it demands.
P O R T F O L I O
24
44 1/2 × 18 1/8 × 11 7/8”