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One of the only places that you'll see a newborn baby five times your size, or an absurdly realistic and oversized "mask" of a man sleeping on his side, is at Australia's National Gallery of Victoria. The country's most celebrated artists, as well as creative masterminds from across the globe, all compete to score exhibition space at this contemporary museum. When you take a medical job in Australia, you'll get the chance to check out the works of artists like Ron Mueck.
With a spectacular permanent collection and a number of rotating guest exhibitions, you'll always have something new and inspiring to look at during your visit. Mueck is often in the rotation because of his jaw-dropping sculptures that play with the normal proportion and scale of things like humans and animals.
Whether he's depicting a couple in bed with their bodies molded together, or a larger-than-life boy crouching as if he is hiding, his hyper-realistic sculptures shock viewers and are always favorites in whichever museum they find a home in.