In bed with scale
Ron Mueck, an Australian hyper-realist sculptor working out of London, has created this intriguing work ‘In Bed’ that I couldn’t resist. Commentary on scale in architecture is common in a spatial sense, with much of our education revolving around it. Yet as humans, the scale between ourselves seems to be ever increasing. In our own office there is a 50 cm difference in height between the tallest and shortest, a major problem when it comes to purchasing (and no doubt designing) task chairs. This kind of realism could yet be real.
Tagged: Australian artists, intallations, London, sculpture
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Pablo F.P said | 20 February, 2008
very realistic
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Lisa said | 27 September, 2007
While that’s a very interesting point to bring up, I don’t think that’s all that Ron Mueck is saying here.
Just look at the spectator/sculpture relationship. The viewer seems scrutinized just as much as the art piece, and the relationship of scale puts you in the more subservient role.
What a strange feeling.
And not just that, but the image of the figure in bed viewing little people surrounding them is a popular one, often used in fairy tales. Are we, here, the unnatural ones? The fey? Or is she a giant?
She certainly looks to be the one more at ease here.
I’d say the audience takes on the role of some kind of nighttime visitation, or dream.