In Zagreb 2017

Alfred Freddy Krupa made this drawing, In Zagreb, with ink on paper. Imagine him, his hand, and the pen moving across the paper. There are all these looping marks, like a kind of notation. And from these marks, a city emerges – or maybe dissolves. I wonder what it was like for Krupa to make this? There is something urgent in his looping lines. He lays down marks, one after another, building a complex image out of simple gestures. The ink is pooled in some areas, thin in others. See how it creates a texture that pulls you in? The eye travels around and around this drawing. Artists are always responding to each other across time. In Zagreb is part of an ongoing exchange. And the best part is that there is no one way to see it. Your interpretation is as valid as mine.