The Art Pavillion in Zagreb 2016

Curator: We are looking at Alfred Freddy Krupa's "The Art Pavilion in Zagreb," created in 2016 using ink on paper. It’s a fascinating piece demonstrating a bold gestural technique. What's your immediate reaction? Editor: A flurry! Like a memory struggling to surface through a tangle of branches, all rendered in dramatic, dark ink. The negative space almost feels as substantial as the forms themselves. Curator: Precisely. The stark contrast accentuates the linear quality, where each stroke conveys a dynamic sense of immediacy and energy, constructing the composition of the cityscape through carefully placed marks, the balance of positive and negative space directs our gaze to the architectural forms. Editor: It does have a lovely rhythm. I almost feel like I'm glimpsing the Pavilion through a storm or a fever dream. It's quite evocative. The stark black against the white is incredibly bold. It speaks of something deeply felt, rendered with astonishing swiftness. I find my eyes keep darting from detail to detail, yet pulled to the center as the inky lines direct them to the pavillion. Curator: One could also analyse how Krupa employs the technique of Sumi-e painting. The use of ink wash painting can be regarded as both traditional and avant-garde through semiotic strategies to deliver unique experience, even from distance. How would you respond? Editor: Well, considering that ink wash painting evokes mindfulness, yet with an abstract sensibility, it allows for freedom and playfulness. A feeling which reminds me to allow art be alive, beyond fixed notions, as if the landscape breathed right into life. Curator: I appreciate how your emotional intuition captures this particular moment in Zagreb. It's gestural and highly charged, which enables a close reading and invites further explorations for the audience. Editor: And thank you for shining your knowledge by reminding the rigor in technique. Ultimately, it speaks of the simple beauty of capturing a place in time with an accessible, everyday medium like ink.