ARoS – II
Another very distinctive piece of art that calls the ARoS art museum home is the art work “Boy”, and oh-boy it’s pretty amazing. The sculpture is made of glass fiber, is a whopping 15 feet tall. It is incredible life-like and the artist has put an incredible amount of attention to the small details such as the small veins in the skin, the redness on the knees and feet – it’s just spectacular to look at.
The artist’s name is Ron Mueck and has made several extremely life-like oversized sculptures of men, woman and children. Try and google him, and you’ll see.
The image above is my pick of the series i shot at the museum. Given the huge window behind the sculpture, the lighting was a bit tricky on the shadow side. I attempted a HDR, but it turned out quite soft due to the noise I had to get rid of, (camera operator error of course, ISO was way too high). It’s in the thumbnails below among other details of the “kid”. The sculpture sits on the museum’s lower floor, and walking down the stairs gives you a great first visual of the size of this piece of art when looking over the stair rail. I’m sure several jaws has dropped at this point, including mine. 15 feet tall - imagine the size of pants and shoes….
Please feel free to click on the thumbnails for a full screen view.
In case you missed my first post from the ARoS museum in Aarhus, here’s a link.
Pretty amazing art Jan. You have captured some very compelling images. Any one of them could be the best of the series.
September 8, 2011 at 8:07 am
That’s freaking crazy! So cooool!
September 8, 2011 at 10:50 am
Wow. Very cool and very creepy at the same time. And that’s a good thing.
September 8, 2011 at 11:48 am
This guy has some serious talent! Great shots Jan!
September 8, 2011 at 1:33 pm
Wow, that detail is astounding… Beautiful work. i agree, the picture you picked as your favorite is spot on. Well captured, for all of them.
September 8, 2011 at 1:58 pm
Wow Jan what a great shot. I really liked your composition and POV! This place sounds amazing.
September 9, 2011 at 1:56 am
These are so amazing. I really thought he was real at first. The detail in the sculpture is amazing and you’ve captured it perfectly.
September 9, 2011 at 6:26 pm
Wow, this is just crazy Jan!
September 21, 2011 at 8:39 am