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Here's a statue in the Auckland Art Gallery. I'd love to know who the artist is.

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(20 Nov 2014, 20:49 )culmor Wrote: [ -> ]Here's a statue in the Auckland Art Gallery. I'd love to know who the artist is.

At first I thought this was by Ron Mueck, but though he has done something similar (see the image) I'm now sure it's not him - the one you found is smooth and stylised - Mueck's work is more realistic and almost grotesque in comparison.

[attachment=13289] - Ron Mueck

MJ

It's Michael Parekowhai

And the sculpture is named

"The Song of the Frog"

(21 Nov 2014, 11:34 )jtr765 Wrote: [ -> ]It's Michael Parekowhai

And the sculpture is named

"The Song of the Frog"

Great research! He also produced the very similar sculpture [attachment=13301]

...Gosh! We are all being very cultural today 😁😁

MJ

Thanks to you all. Very erudite 😁

Although what a woman in a leotard has to do with singing frogs is anyone's guess. That said, I suppose it's no business of a publicly funded gallery to provide art we can understand...

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