Two old oak branches facing each other. Drawing

„Serenity gives life to transformation. Through simplification, the spirit becomes still and can reach new depths. I wish to imbue my work with this peace and strength.“ ##### In order for this peace and strength to appear in his images, Ilja Mlosch uses several techniques. Especially an acetone transfer technique to combine photographic elements on his surfaces, which resemble old walls with patina. His surfaces provide screens for projection. His pieces often contain craquelure and hand-drawn elements. ##### By weakening the realistic elements and rendering the abstract areas more concrete he brings the two into a unity that opens the spirit. ##### Ilja Mlosch is inspired by Caspar David Friedrich (atmosphere and symbolism), Karl Blossfeldt (photorealism), Fernando Zóbel (composition), Street-Art (material und technique) ##### His works are in private collections in New York, the Vatikan, Senegal, Spain, Irland, Denmark, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria, Germany. ##### „My work is a mixing, overpainting, waiting, finding the point, reducing, cutting everything off, starting new, making it simpler, reducing more and more, …“