529 - KRASINSKI, EDWARD

KRASINSKI, EDWARD 1925 Luzk/Ukraine–2004 Warsaw Title: Untitled (Intervention). Date: 1978. Technique: Acrylic, metal strip and blue adhesive tape on wood and hardboard. Measurement: 70 x 130 x 14 cm. Notation: Inscribed (illegible) verso upper centre. We are grateful to Mr Andrzej Szczepaniak for the kind scientific support. Provenance: - Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (directly from the artist) Exhibition: - Galeria Pawilon, Posen 1978 - By the famous artist of the Neo-Avant-Garde in Poland - The spatial installations with the blue horizontal tape have become Krasinski's characteristic setting - In 1966 he founded, alongside Henryk Stazewski and Tadeusz Kantor, amongst others, the influential gallery Foksal in Warsaw to spread contemporary radical artistic positions Edward Krasinski is one of the most independent figures of the Polish postwar avant-garde. Since the late 1960s, he has been developing a concept through his “Interventions” that dissolves the boundaries between the artwork, the viewer, and space. His trademark is the blue adhesive tape, which he consistently applies at a height of 130 centimeters. Spanning walls, objects, picture planes, and even people, it connects diverse elements into a unified spatial whole. In his “Interventions,” the blue line encounters geometric forms, perspectival constructions, and illusionistic openings. It cuts through pictorial spaces, follows surfaces, and at times extends beyond the boundaries of the support. This creates a dynamic interplay between surface and space, illusion and reality. Using minimal means, Krasinski alters the viewer’s perception and makes the surrounding space itself an integral part of the artwork. His works are closely related to Minimalism and Conceptual Art, yet remain characterized by playful openness, chance, and subtle disorientation. Everyday adhesive tape becomes the medium for a reduced visual language that, without fixed symbolism, allows for a wide range of associations. Viewers thus become not only counterparts to the work but, through their movement and perception, active participants in the artistic process. Krasinski is closely connected to Warsaw’s experimental art scene. In 1966, he was one of the co-founders of the famous Foksal Gallery. Amid the tensions of postwar Poland, he developed an artistic stance that explores the possibilities of artistic perception rather than explicit historical narratives. His “Interventions” are now among the most characteristic groups of works in his oeuvre and demonstrate how a single line can redefine the relationship between art and reality. Estimated shipping costs for this lot: The lot is unsuitable for parcel shipping. Transport only by shipping company after consultation following the auction. additional shipping insurance Shipping insurance up to total invoice amount of 25,000 Euros: max. 41.65 Euro over a total invoice amount of 25,000 Euros: 1.8 o/oo USA by individual arrangement after the auction. #Edward Krasinski #Wall object #Abstract #1970s #Post War. In accordance with §26 UrhG (German Copyright Act), VAN HAM is obliged to pay a statutory resale royalty on the sale proceeds of all original works of fine art and photography whose authors have not been deceased for 70 years prior to the end of the calendar year of the sale. The buyer shall contribute 1.5% of the hammer price to this fee.