Ronald "Ron" Mueck (born 1958) is an Australian hyperrealist sculptor working in the Great Britain. Mueck's early career was as a model maker and puppeteer for children's television and films, notably the film "Labyrinth" for which he also contributed the voice of Ludo. His work has decorated some of the finest Galleries in the world and I think you will agree that his sculptures are realistic and basically amazing.
The irony in all this, is that a sculpture is more efficient in showing us what we actually look like and how we are constructed; the battle between natural and artificial just went up a notch.