In bed with scale
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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.
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Lisa Thursday 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.
Pablo F.P Wednesday 20 February 2008
very realistic