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Other details :
Artwork on supported wooden frame. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
Dimensions :
39.4x51.2in
About this artwork
A skull belongs in any old still life. Hardly anyone realizes that such a delicate skull would literally burst if dropped. The tiny, meandering growths of the skull plates bear witness to this. Apple, flower vase, books—what for?
A skull is not only an ancient element in still life painting. It is also the symbol of pirates, the outlaws who used it to spread fear and terror.
It was a great honor for me to be able to photograph a variety of skulls… of different ages, sexes, and origins in a biology institute at a renowned university. I was deeply moved by these sensitive, feathery witnesses from ancient times, with rotten teeth and scars.
The skull is a photographic image transferred onto filler. Pigments, craquelure, and patina are fixed with a mineral binder; the glossy surface lends the image depth and elegance, similar to paintings by the Old Masters.
The works of Berlin artist Ilja Mlosch operate in a space beyond photographic hyperrealism and painting. They unsettle the viewer when, beneath the obvious beauty of a subject, beneath the layers of material, the innermost, vulnerable essence of the depicted subject flashes through.
“I have great faith in the simplicity, in the delicacy of the elaborate interior.”
Ilja Mlosch has long been exploring the possibilities of different materials to make this delicacy visible and invite us on a journey into the innermost being of things.