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PARIS .- Ron Mueck has been invited camtasia studio 8 to present his new sculpture at the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain from April 16 to September 29, 2013. This is his first major exhibition in Europe since the hugely successful Fondation camtasia studio 8 Cartier exhibition of 2005. In addition to six important recent sculptures the show includes three produced especially for this event. A new film recording their creation has been made for the occasion by Gautier camtasia studio 8 Deblonde. Revealing the reclusive artist at work further emphasizes the sensitivity and power of Ron Mueck’s sculpture and highlights its particular resonance for our time. A RON MUECK EXHIBITION IS A RARE EVENT. Based in London, Ron Mueck has had highly acclaimed exhibitions camtasia studio 8 around the world from Japan to Australia, New Zealand and Mexico, but shows of his new work in Europe have not been frequent occurrences. Ron Mueck works slowly in his small North London studio, making time itself an important element in his creative process. His human figures are meticulously detailed, with surprising changes of scale that place them as far from academic realism as they are from pop art or hyperrealism. THREE NEW SCULPTURES ARE EXHIBITED HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME: Two teenagers in the street, a mother and baby and an elderly couple on the beach. They seem to be frozen moments of life, each capturing the relationship between two human beings. The nature of their connection camtasia studio 8 to each other is revealed by their actions, small, ordinary, yet intriguing. The precision of their gestures, the true to life rendering of their flesh, the suggestion of suppleness in their skin makes them seem completely real. These works describe situations which are imaginary but their obsession with truth indicates an artist in search of perfection and with an acute sensitivity to form and material. By pushing likeness to its limits Ron Mueck creates works that are secret, meditative camtasia studio 8 and mysterious. ILLUMINATING UNIVERSAL TRUTHS. These subjects that appear so ordinary also radiate a spirituality and profound humanity camtasia studio 8 that provokes a response. Aiming well beyond the traditions of portraiture Ron Mueck reveals the uncanny nature of our relationship to body and existence. RON MUECK HAS REVITALIZED CONTEMPORARY FIGURATIVE SCULPTURE. Ron Mueck makes use of a rich diversity camtasia studio 8 of sources such as press photographs, comic strips or historical masterpieces, camtasia studio 8 Proustian memories or ancient fables and legends. Still Life (2009) fits into the classical ‘nature morte’ tradition, the Woman with Sticks (2009), bent backwards beneath her armful of wood, recalls tales of witchcraft. Drift (2009) and Youth (2009) seem to be inspired by newspaper camtasia studio 8 headlines, although they also evoke works from the past. In other Ron Mueck sculptures like the big sleeping selfportrait, Mask II (2002), dreams come bursting into reality. THIS VERY PRIVATE, CREATIVE PROCESS IS REVEALED IN A NEW FILM TITLED STILL LIFE: RON MUECK AT WORK, BY GAUTIER DEBLONDE. A documentary has been produced for this exhibition at the Fondation camtasia studio 8 Cartier pour l’art contemporain. Shot daily in Ron Mueck’s studio as he produced the new works for the exhibition, camtasia studio 8 this intimate film gives us an incredible opportunity camtasia studio 8 to observe the artist’s very personal creative process. Today's News April 17, 2013 Abu Dhabi Louvre unveils more than 130 artworks from its first permanent collection Australian artist Ron Mueck opens exhibition at Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain One of the great icons of Mexican architecture, Pedro Ramirez Vazquez, dies at the age of 94 Christie's to present masterworks of Impressionist & Modern art at Evening Sale on May 8 World's first major museum exhibition of Lebanese camtasia studio 8 artist Saloua Raouda Choucair opens at Tate Modern Sotheby's announces the most signed books by George Washington to come to a single auction since 1904 American fossils and natural wonders on the auction block at Bonhams this spring One million euro stolen gold egg recovered near French-Swiss border during a routine roadblock James McNeill Whistler's etchings and lithotints of the River Thames on view at the Fine Art Society Exhibition at the Fleming Collection camtasia studio 8 features the timeless art of weaving tapestries Spanish court sends Chinese businessman, art dealer and fraud suspect Gao Ping back to jail Art Basel announces Unlimited: 79 groundbreaking artworks on display this year East & West: A private collection from Eaton & Anouska Hempel to be offered at Christie's $1 million gift from Linda and Bill Custard endows directorship of SMU's Meadows Museum Recent camtasia studio 8 canvases and a selection of drawings by Dimitri Kozyrev