MP King
2026
This mixed-media artwork features a stylized crown rendered in white varnish and resin atop a spherical form adorned with dripping black paint on mirror glass. The composition employs trompe-l'œil techniques to create depth and dimensional illusion, playing with reflectivity and surface manipulation. Mühlenbrink combines raw, graffiti-inspired gestural marks with geometric precision, referencing both street art traditions and contemporary sculptural practice. The work sits within a lineage of mirror-based and reflective artworks that challenge perception and viewer engagement.
- Medium
- Varnish and resin on mirror glass
- Overall
- Spotted At
- Gallery · Gether Contemporary
For Sale — €6400
Spotted works by Jochen Mühlenbrink
Artists in conversation
Anselm Reyle
German · b. 1970
Reyle similarly combines reflective and metallic surfaces with gestural abstract marks and resin layering, creating works that oscillate between raw expressiveness and high gloss materiality much like this mirror glass and varnish composition.
Stef Driesen
Belgian · b. 1971
Driesen works extensively with trompe l'oeil illusions painted on reflective and mirror surfaces, deploying gestural drips and painterly marks that directly parallel Mühlenbrink's technique of fusing dimensional illusion with raw gestural language.
Retna
American · b. 1979
Retna merges graffiti rooted calligraphic precision with monochromatic graphic symbolism including crown imagery, sharing this work's fusion of street art traditions with refined geometric mark making and conceptual visual language.
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