The small-scale drawings on paper occupy a special place within his oeuvre. With remarkable precision and economy of means, MASCH creates compositions that oscillate between figuration, memory and imagination. It is precisely their concentration and immediacy that lend these works a striking presence.
In their intimacy, the drawings belong to a long tradition of collecting and of the autonomous work on paper. Their openness and lightness invite a slower and more attentive way of looking, demonstrating that even modest formats can possess an extraordinary pictorial power.
MASCH (*1950) lives and works in Berlin. His works are held in collections throughout Europe, the United States and Taiwan. Alongside his practice as a painter, he worked for many years as an art painter on international film productions, including The Grand Budapest Hotel, whose production design received the Academy Award in 2015.