Ron Mueck (1958)
One of the contemporary art world's most popular 'hyper-realist' artists, Hans Ronald Mueck is an Australian sculptor working in the United Kingdom. Mueck first came to public attention with his sculpture "Dead Dad". This portrayal of his recently deceased father - at roughly half-scale and made from memory and imagination – was included in the 1997 exhibition Sensation at the Royal Academy of Arts, London.