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Sam jinks biography Sam Jinks is an Australian sculptor who creates lifelike but fragile figures using silicone, resin, calcium carbonate, fibreglass and hair. [1] [2] [3] Jinks describes the human form as "a physics lesson in a ball of bones and meat". [4] Jink's work has been exhibited in Australia and internationally. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9].

Sam JINKS

(born Bendigo, Australia)

The Australian artist Sam Jinks first worked as an illustrator and only learned about making sculptural works out of silicone and latex during a stint in the film industry. His hyperrealistic representations of the body, which he produces by means of clay casts and poured silicone, achieve an almost uncanny naturalism.

The fact that his figures use a scale less than , in addition to the delicacy of appearance of the skin he creates, reinforces the impression of vulnerability of his works. Like Ron Mueck, his work is concerned not only with the phases a life goes through, such as life and death, but also its transience.

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Kneeling woman
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Woman and child
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The deposition
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