Psychological analysis. Dinka 1994

Alfred Freddy Krupa made this drawing, Psychological analysis. Dinka, in 1994. It's all in red chalk, a medium that has this earthy, soft quality. You can just feel the hand of the artist moving across the paper, capturing this person's likeness, gesture by gesture. The texture is so gentle and there’s something fragile about the surface, as if it could be erased in an instant. Look closely and you can see the layering of the marks, especially around the hair, where the chalk is more concentrated, giving a real sense of volume and weight. The lines around the collar are much lighter and more schematic, suggesting the fabric of the clothes. There's a raw immediacy to this portrait. It reminds me a bit of the work of Paula Modersohn-Becker, who also had this knack for capturing the essence of a person with such directness and sensitivity. It's like they both tapped into a shared understanding of the human condition, where vulnerability and strength coexist. Art is like that, always in dialogue, never truly alone.