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Mixed media tends to refer to a work of visual art that combines various traditionally distinct visual art media. For example, a work on canvas that combines paint, ink, and collage could properly be called a "mixed media" work. When creating a painted or photographed work using mixed media it is important to choose the layers carefully and allow enough drying time between the layers to ensure the final work will have integrity. If many different media are used it is equally important to choose a sturdy foundation upon which the different layers are imposed. Many interesting effects can be achieved by using mixed media. Often, found objects are used in conjunction with traditional artist media, such as paints and graphite, to express a meaning in the everyday life. In this manner, many different elements of art become more flexible than with traditional artist media. Malik is a gorilla – made out of branches. Malik is a rusty locomotive – silent and heavy. Malik is a man with his head burried in the soil. Malik is a man accidentally triggering a bomb. Malik is all of this and once he is finished with a work of art he goes on to the next project claiming that it won’t have anything to do with the previous. However, he is always visible by a sinister backdrop in all of his work. The beautiful landscape is actually a minefield, the frog is a fat politician and the flamingo is a chain smoker, cause he has to wait for public transport. The gist of his work is seldom visible at first sight. It takes a moment of looking at an illustration, a painting, a drawing or a sculpture to see what it might be all about. It so happens at exhibitions that visitors are looking at a painting, smiling, then approaching the work of art and, realising what they had just looked at, stepping back with an irritated look on their faces. Surprising the audience is what Malik does best. Always with a twinkle in his eye. His style is hard