BARCELONA: Sumi/Shuimo turned into fashion design print (Igor Dobranić Summer 2017 Collection) 2016

Alfred Freddy Krupa's Sumi/Shuimo painting for Igor Dobranić's Summer 2017 collection has these fantastic gestural marks that move and flow across the garment, it is like a dance or spontaneous calligraphy. I can imagine Krupa moving quickly, loading the brush with ink, and then swoosh, he makes these bold, sweeping strokes that land with a kind of controlled chaos. It’s interesting to think about the translation of Krupa's ink paintings into fashion. As a painter, I always want my work to be seen in different ways. Maybe he wanted to see these brushstrokes moving through the world, walking down the street on a summer’s day. The black ink against the white fabric creates a dynamic contrast, so, you get a sense of light and shadow, movement and stillness. Artists are always riffing off each other, whether it is directly or indirectly. It is one big conversation through time. And so, we keep painting, keep making, keep transforming the world.