Foto cortesía de la Fundación Cartier

For more than 25 years Mr Mueck, who once worked as a puppet-maker for Jim Henson on “Sesame Street”, has built unsettlingly detailed figures out of silicon, fibreglass and resin. They are both lifelike and lifeless. Toying with notions of the grotesque and uncanny, Mr Mueck’s works balance tenderness with horror, often distorting the size of things to unsettle viewers and hold their focus. The Fondation Cartier invites Australian artist Ron Mueck to exhibit an ensemble of sculptures previously unseen in France...

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