A standing nude 2016

Alfred Freddy Krupa made this standing nude in ink on paper, and what strikes me is its immediacy. I imagine Krupa working fast, trying to capture the essence of the figure with a few deft strokes, almost like a calligrapher. You can see the ink bleeding into the paper, creating these soft, blurred edges that give the figure a sense of movement and life. It’s as if the artist is saying, "I don’t need to get every detail right, I just need to convey the feeling of being in front of this person." There's a raw energy to it that reminds me of some of the Abstract Expressionists. It's almost as if Krupa is in dialogue with painters like Franz Kline, but with a more sensual subject matter. He’s part of this ongoing conversation among artists, playing with similar ideas but making them his own.