According to Krupa A. ('79.) - The seaside 2015

Alfred Freddy Krupa made 'According to Krupa A. ('79.) - The seaside' with ink, allowing the material to drip and spread across the page. I love how the ink creates soft gradations and hard edges, kind of like the way memories blur and sharpen over time. There's a kind of stillness in the subject, a sparse seaside scene, but the ink itself feels alive. It's as though the painting is charting a course between representation and abstraction. Look at the way the tree branches reach out, almost like they're trying to grab onto something. Each mark seems like a gesture, a little dance of the hand and eye. The red square on the bottom left anchors the picture, which is an echo of Japanese calligraphy. I am reminded of Brice Marden and his calligraphic paintings of the late eighties, yet this is very much its own thing. Art is always an echo, a conversation across time, isn’t it?