On March 3, 1925, Polish neo-avant-garde artist Edvard Krasinski was born in Lutsk. His artistic formation took place in Poland, where he returned with his family before the outbreak of World War II.
The blue ribbon with which he intervened in space became a signature element of his work. “The ribbon is an accident,” the artist said, “but I always waited for this accident.”
“A blue ribbon, 19 mm wide, of unknown length.”
In 1995, the blue ribbon again came to Lutsk, when Edvard decided to influence the city of his childhood. On the occasion of his 70th birthday and the personal exhibition “Finally in Lutsk,” which was held at the Art Museum, he made his last visit home. Museum employees told me that at that time the halls of the museum were wrapped in blue ribbon. The exhibition featured several enlarged documentary photographs and individual objects (including, for example, a book nailed to the floor with huge nails). After examining the museum's main collection, only an isolated blue line and nails remained...
I hope to achieve continuity of artistic traditions, to understand where the blue line begins - and where I stand.
So this is my dedication to Edvard Krasiński - an intervention near the Bystrica River (which is its own native blue ribbon in Frankish art).
