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RICHARD STILP (Czech Republic, 1968) "Tribute to Ron Mueck's dead dad", 2005. Polychromed resin . Signature on the base of each piece.

RICHARD STILP (Czech Republic, 1968) "Tribute to Ron Mueck's dead dad", 2005. Polychromed resin . Signature on the base of each piece. Measurements: 52 x 17 x 7 cm. The sculpture "Tribute to Ron Mueck's dead dad" presented in our auction is a tribute to Ron Mueck's work "Dead dad" (1996). A reproduction of the nude body of his dead father, reduced to two thirds of its actual size, and exhibited in the controversial exhibition "Sensation: Young British Artists from Saatchi Collection" at the London Royal Arts Academy. This hyperrealist sculpture leaves no one indifferent, and leads the viewer to reflect on the ephemeral and the proximity of death from its physical side. Richard Stipl is a Czech visual artist based in Prague. He graduated from the Ontario College of Art with an honors diploma in 1992 and the same year received the prestigious Governor General's Award. Although he began as a painter, he has devoted himself to sculpture. Using himself as a model, his busts and figures present a marked expressiveness, symbolism and disturbing hyperrealism, and develop various contemporary themes such as consumption, totalitarianism or the consequences of globalization. In recent years, the interest in Stipl's work and its repercussions have been increasing. It was presented at art fairs such as Frieze Art Fair in London, Art Basel Miami, Armory in New York, Volta Art Fair, TIAF and ARCO Madrid among others. Today it is part of numerous private collections around the world, such as the Collette Collection, Robert Runtak Collection, SOLO Madrid Collection, Sherringa Museum for Realism, Hugo Voeten Art Center, etc.