Dubovac Castle 2013

Alfred Freddy Krupa made this ink drawing, Dubovac Castle, and right away I get a sense of speed, like a fleeting impression captured in a hurry. Look at how the ink just blooms and bleeds into the paper. It's not about precision, but about capturing a feeling. The stark contrast between the black ink and the white of the paper gives it such a graphic quality. The white feels like an active part of the composition, not just a background, especially where Krupa uses white to describe the trees, with bold decisive strokes. There's a gestural energy in those dark strokes too. You can almost feel the artist’s hand moving across the page. It reminds me of traditional ink wash painting, but with a modern sensibility, where the goal isn't to represent the world realistically, but to reveal the artist's process of engaging with the world. Like Brice Marden's drawings, Krupa’s work suggests a continuous conversation across time. Art is like that, always evolving, always talking to itself.