Mueck is an Australian (born 1958) living and working in the UK. His early career was as a model maker and puppeteer for children's television and films, notably the film Labyrinth and the Jim Henson series The Storyteller.
He moved on to establish his own company in London, making photo-realistic props and animatronics for the advertising industry but increasingly he wanted to produce more realistic sculptures.
In 1996 Mueck made the transition to fine artist, collaborating with his mother-in-law, Paula Rego, to produce small figures as part of a tableau she was showing at the Hayward Gallery. Rego introduced him to Charles Saatchi who was immediately impressed and started to collect and commission work. This led to the piece which made Mueck's name, Dead Dad being included in the Sensation show at the Royal Academy the following year. Dead Dad is a silicone and mixed media sculpture of the corpse of Mueck's father reduced to about two thirds of its natural scale. It is the only work of Mueck's that uses his own hair for the finished product.
Dead Dad (1996-7)
Boy (1999)
Big Baby Head (1997)
Seated Woman (1999)
Big Man (2000)
Mask II (self-portrait 2001-2)
Pregnant Woman (2001)
In Bed (2005)
Spooning Couple (2005)
Two Women (2005)
Wild Man (2005)
A Girl (2006)
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