Mixed media
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
ARTIST ROOMS
National Heritage Memorial Fund
Art Fund
Collection
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Mask III
ARTIST ROOMS
Acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund 2008
actions: expressive
adults
black
body
Buddhism
emotions, concepts and ideas
ethnicity
formal qualities
head / face
man
people
religion and belief
religions
scale
smiling
sculpture mixed media
28 August 2009 – 31 October 2009
2009-10-31
28 August 2009 – 31 October 2009
2009-10-31
2009-08-28
Aberdeen Art Gallery (Aberdeen, UK)
http://www.aagm.co.uk
2009-08-28
ARTIST ROOMS 2009: Ron Mueck
Loan-out
4 February 2010 – 11 April 2010
2010-04-11
4 February 2010 – 11 April 2010
2010-04-11
2010-02-04
Manchester Art Gallery (Manchester, UK)
http://www.manchestergalleries.org
2010-02-04
ARTIST ROOMS 2010: Ron Mueck
Loan-out
Mask III
object: 1550 × 1320 × 1130 mm, 57 kg
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Acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the <a href="/search?gid=999999967" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">National Heritage Memorial Fund</a> and the <a href="/search?gid=999999968" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Art Fund</a> 2008
<p>Mueck’s sculptures are so lifelike that we find it hard to believe that they are modelled and cast in the traditional way rather than cast from life, even though, as is the case with ‘Mask III’, it is many times the size of a human head.The work is highly idealised and made to have even rounder and more benign-looking features than those of a person it was based on. Shortly before he made 'Mask III', Mueck had visited an exhibition containing a number of sculptures of the Buddha, he attempted to capture some of the inner peace and serenity of these Buddhas. The head is as round and calming as a full moon. Its symmetry is enhanced by the lack of a body.</p>

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2009-04-16T00:00:00
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actions: expressive adults black body Buddhism emotions, concepts and ideas ethnicity formal qualities head / face man people religion and belief religions scale smiling