Birds above the city 1970

Alfred Krupa made this line drawing, called 'Birds above the city', in 1970. It's all stark contrasts and bold lines, a world rendered in black and white. I can almost feel the artist’s hand confidently gliding across the page, the ink bleeding into the fibers. The birds in flight become metaphors for freedom, hope, or maybe just the simple joy of witnessing life from above. I wonder what Krupa was thinking as he laid down these marks? Was he longing for escape, or simply capturing a fleeting moment of beauty amidst the urban sprawl? The thick, expressive lines are reminiscent of Matisse’s cut-outs. The simple gesture of drawing a line transforms the mundane into something poetic, something profound. It’s like he’s saying, "Look! Even here, in the heart of the city, there is still room for beauty, for flight, for dreams." Krupa reminds us that art is not just about representation, but about feeling, about connecting with the world in a way that transcends words.