A nude in perspective 2018

Alfred Freddy Krupa made this nude in perspective with ink on paper, and what strikes me most is the economy of means. The artist wields that brush with such confidence, building the figure from a dance of dark and light washes. I imagine Krupa almost meditatively exploring the form, letting the ink pool and flow, each mark registering the body’s weight, the fall of light. Look at how the ink bleeds and feathers at the edges, creating a sense of atmosphere, as if the figure is emerging from a haze. You see a similar approach in the work of Egon Schiele, that same raw energy. It’s like the artist is saying, ‘here is the essential—the weight, the gesture, the feeling of the pose’—nothing more, nothing less. And in that simplicity, there’s a real power. These paintings are all in conversation, aren't they? Isn't everything?