Permanent Collection
Ron MUECK
Mueck’s elderly lady is recreated with vivid verisimilitude, from her wrinkled and sagging skin, to her translucent veins and individual strands of hair. The stark contrast of her unrealistic scale, at over four meters, only serves to highlight the oddness of her presence. The Australian artist is known for sculptures capturing glimpses of universal human vulnerability, often in the form of aging or loneliness. Facial expressions that seem at once stern and kind, depending on the angle, and quiet, contemplative poses, in which the figures seem to stare into thin air, encourage the viewer to empathize and imagine.
Photo: Oyamada Kuniya
Courtesy Anthony d’Offay, London
Ron MUECK
Born 1958 in Melbourne, Australia; lives and works in London, UK. After working in children’s television, motion picture special effects and advertising for many years, Mueck attracted a great deal of attention for his tiny and uncanny realistic sculpture Dead Dad, which he made to come to terms with his father’s death. He has had solo exhibitions at the National Gallery (London, 2003) and Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain (Paris, France, 2013), among many others, and his works are in the collections of numerous museums including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (US) and Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (US).
2007
Mixed media
155×110×405 cm
On Friday, September 11, 2026, Towada City and the Towada Art Center officially welcomed Standing Woman as a special resident of Towada City.
Commemorative Special Resident Registration Certificates are now available at the Towada City Tourism Division.
How to get the "Special Resident Certificate"
The certificate of “Standing Woman” is available for free at the Tourism Division of Towada City Hall Main Building 2F.
Please request the issuance of the certificate of “Standing Woman as the special resident of Towada City” at the counter.
Size: 7.2 cm (H) × 10 cm (W)
Towada City Tourism Division (Map)
Address: 2F, Towada City Hall, 6-1 Nishi-junibancho, Towada City, Aomori Prefecture
(approx. 5-minute walk from the museum)
Phone: 0176-51-6771
Hours: 8:30 AM – 5:15 PM
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and Year-End/New Year holidays (December 29 – January 3)
Please note that certificates cannot be picked up on non-business days.
