Sensitive souls refrain ! The master of hyperrealism Ron Mueck marks his big return to the capital with this disconcerting exhibition structured around a small selection of works previously unseen in France, some of which were created especially for the occasion.

Welcomed by the spectacular Mass, a chaotic tangle of a hundred skulls of immaculate whiteness forming in the light of day an overwhelming funereal memento mori, we are soon trapped in this macabre XXL installation which seems to be closing in on us.

Faced with death, the Australian sculptor does not forget to celebrate life. We quickly become acquainted with monumental pieces of surgical precision like this oversized newborn lying on the ground. With his wrinkled skin and matted hair, Ron Mueck's deliciously cruel work spares no detail in the public eye. For the first time in his career, the artist, former puppeteer of the Muppet Show, dares to exhibit an unfinished piece here. A figurative scene of great expressiveness, modeled in red clay where we can still make out a few fingerprints, once and for all assuming the most perfect form of imperfection.

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