This weeks artwork is Preapocaliptic 1 (oil on canvas, 150 x 150 cm) by Adrian Dica. He  constructs  his oil paintings using scrapers, palette knifes, paint sprayers, classical wedges and brushes. Adrian Dica’s art is a reflection of our life, joy and sorrow, ups and downs and light and darkness. All coexisting in contrast to each other.
More about the artist: https://fiveplusartgallery.eu/product-category/adrian-dica/

A brief history of mixed media 
Mixed media, an artform that combines two or more mediums in one work began in the 20th century. Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque  were searching for substitute for what they saw as hidebound academicism. They started to include things like pasted paper, oil cloth or rope in their works. Artists such as Jean Dubuffet, Joseph Cornell and Henri Matisse adopted this technic. Mixed media encourages to see tools and objects in a new light. Also many materials mean endless techniques.