529 - KRASINSKI, EDWARD

KRASINSKI, EDWARD 1925 Lutsk, Ukraine–2004 Warsaw Title: Untitled (Intervention). Date: 1978. Technique: Acrylic, metal strip, and blue adhesive tape on wood and hardboard. Dimensions: 70 x 130 x 14 cm. Inscription: Inscribed (illegible) on the reverse, upper center. We are grateful to Mr. Andrzej Szczepaniak for his kind scholarly support. Provenance: - Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (directly from the artist) Exhibition: - Galeria Pawilon, Poznań, 1978 - By the renowned artist of the Neo-Avant-Garde in Poland - The spatial installations featuring blue horizontal tape have become Krasinski’s signature style - In 1966, he co-founded the influential Foksal Gallery in Warsaw—alongside Henryk Stazewski and Tadeusz Kantor, among others—to promote radical contemporary artistic movements 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 approach 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 body of work and demonstrate how a single line can redefine the relationship between art and reality. Estimated shipping costs for this lot: This lot is not suitable for parcel shipping. Transport is available only through a shipping company after consultation following the auction. Additional shipping insurance Shipping insurance up to a total invoice amount of 25,000 euros: max. 41.65 euros For a total invoice amount exceeding 25,000 Euros: 1.8 per thousand Shipping to the U.S. by individual arrangement after the auction. #Edward Krasinski #Wall object #Abstract #1970s #Postwar. In accordance with §26 UrhG (German Copyright Act), VAN HAM is obligated 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 toward this fee.