Hyperrealistic sculptures by Ron Mueck

London-based sculptor Ron Mueck, who has previously created models and puppets for children's television programs and films, has been sculpting hyperrealistic sculptures since 1996. Using rubber, fiberglass, silicone and many other materials, he creates figures of people, experimenting with scales to his heart's content. The details of these sculptures are mesmerizing up close because they can end up being much larger or smaller than expected.

(Total 23 photos)

1. Sculpture called "Mask 2" in the Museum of San Ildefonso in Mexico City. (Reuters/Henry Romero)

2. A visitor looks at the sculpture "Two Women" in the Brooklyn Museum. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)

3. Detail photo of "Two Women". (CC BY SA Fernando de Sousa)

4. "Man in a Boat" at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris. (Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images)

5. Five-meter sculpture "Boy", completed in 2000. (CC BY Tamaki Sono)

6. Visitors look at the sculpture "Mask 3" (2005) at an exhibition in Paris. (Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images)

7. A man photographs the sculpture "Woman with brushwood" at an exhibition in Paris. (Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images)

8. The face of the sculpture "Woman with brushwood". (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

9. A visitor next to the sculpture "Wild Man" in the National Gallery of Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

10. Schoolgirls admire the Wild Man sculpture in Melbourne. (Reuters/Mick Tsikas)

11. Women look at the sculpture "In bed" in a museum in Mexico City. (Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images)

12. Journalists at the sculpture "In bed" at the exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Monterrey. (Reuters/Tomas Bravo)

13. Sculpture "Mask" in a gallery in London. (Reuters/Peter Macdiarmid)

14. Part of the exhibition entitled "Youth" at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne. (Raoul Wegat/Getty Images)

15. Detailed view of the sculpture "Youth". (Raoul Wegat/Getty Images)

16. Sculpture called "Standing Woman" at the exhibition in Towada, Japan. (Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images)

17. A man looks at a sculpture called "Girl" in the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne. (Reuters/Mick Tsikas)

17. "Woman with shopping" at an exhibition in Paris. (Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images)

18. That's why this sculpture is called "Woman with shopping." (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

20. Visitors bent over the sculpture "Synchronous couple" in the Museum of Mexico City. (Reuters/Henry Romero)

21. A girl photographs the sculpture "Young couple 2013" at an exhibition in Paris. (Reuters/Charles Platiau)

22. Detail of the sculpture "Mask 2" in Paris. (Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images)

23. Visitors photograph the sculpture "Current" at an exhibition in Paris. (Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images)