Nicholas Krushenick
Nicholas Krushenick (1929-1999), born in New York City, lived and worked in New York. A distinctive figure in American Pop Art, he developed a highly individual style that combined the bold colours and graphic clarity of Pop with the abstract vocabulary of modern painting. His compositions are characterized by hard-edged geometric forms, dynamic patterns and vivid contrasts, often incorporating elements of comic-book imagery and commercial design. By bringing the visual language of popular culture into abstraction, Krushenick created a distinctive bridge between Pop Art and the development of Post-Painterly Abstraction.
With the approval of the Nicholas Krushenick Estate, we have compiled a comprehensive survey of the artist’s edition oeuvre, freely accessible as a digital resource on Ars Publicata.
Nicholas Krushenick Editions
Nicholas Krushenick
From Fire-Flash-Fire-Fade
1971
Screenprint in colors, 81.5 x 60 cm. Edition of 150, signed numbered verso.
This edition from Nicholas Krushenick’s portfolio Fire-Flash-Fire-Fade (1971) exemplifies his distinctive fusion of Pop Art and abstraction. The composition is dominated by vivid red and yellow fields, interrupted by jagged black and white forms that converge in a dramatic, almost explosive pattern. The sharp, irregular shapes create a powerful sense of movement and tension, while the intense contrasts give the image the immediate visual impact of a graphic sign or comic-book explosion.
The work demonstrates Krushenick’s characteristic transformation of the visual language of popular culture into an abstract vocabulary. Rather than depicting a recognisable subject, he uses colour, contour and repetition to create a dynamic image that seems to oscillate between explosion and fragmentation. The tension between the bold geometric structure and the expressive energy of the forms is characteristic of Krushenick’s work of the early 1970s.
EUR 1,000
Nicholas Krushenick
From Fire-Flash-Fire-Fade
1971
Screenprint in colors, 81.5 x 60 cm. Edition of 150, signed numbered verso.
Nicholas Krushenick’s edition from the portfolio Fire-Flash-Fire-Fade (1971) exemplifies his distinctive fusion of Pop Art and abstraction. Against a vivid blue ground, jagged black-and-white forms encircle a central field of intense red and yellow, creating the impression of a dynamic, almost explosive opening. The repeated triangular shapes and sharp contours generate a strong sense of movement, while the limited palette heightens the graphic impact of the composition.
As in much of Krushenick’s work, forms associated with comic-book imagery and commercial graphics are transformed into an abstract visual language. The composition appears to expand and contract simultaneously, creating a tension between structure and movement, flatness and spatial illusion. The result is a powerful example of Krushenick’s ability to bring the energy and immediacy of Pop imagery into the realm of abstraction.
EUR 1,000
