Altijd een goed stel geweest. Geposeerd bij de Bijenkorf in Den Haag. © Jack Kruf
Crossroads
The story behind
Finding your way in the world of laws, rules and regulations (taupe) can be quite challenging. It is a true network of alleys, paths, lanes, roads and crossroads, ready to be discovered. It starts with some understanding of our legal system. For the most of us not really a priority. Recommended to know something about it, because it supports ruling our society in general and our life in particular. So be inspired by this abstract beauty. Don’t worry the roadblocks (black and red). An art impression.
Wall art
This rectangle archival pigment print of the city canvas with Pantone® colours Black 6c, High Risk Red and Taupe is perfect for a modern, classic and reflective look in home and office interiors. It is a reminder how the landscape of rules and regulations can be challenging to find your freedom and creativity.
Product Information
Price: sold
Dimensions: 100 x 100 cm
Limited edition print (1/1) on Hahnemühle natural line fine art paper Hemp, 290 gsm, 60% hemp fibre, 40% cotton, white, acid- and lignin-free, ISO 9706 compliant and museum quality for high age resistance. Colours and details are brilliantly reproduced. Hemp has extremely robust fibres, for that it is used for long-lasting historical documents, such as the Gutenberg Bible and the US Declaration of Independence.
- Signed Artist Proof
- Designed by Jack Kruf, 2021
- Inclusive aluminium Barth frame and Jarson-Juhl museum glass
- Printed in Breda, The Netherlands
Dominating Frame
The story behind
The Four Freedoms, articulated in 1941 by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, are about four fundamental freedoms that people “everywhere in the world” ought to enjoy, that of speech, worship, want and fear. Anno 2023 more and more citizens do not experience (one of) these freedoms. It is often the (absolute) power of governing institutions over the people which develop a dominating frame with rules and regulations. It then leaves the citizen with hardly any breathing space, creativity and freedom in its living world.
Wall art
This rectangle archival pigment print of the city canvas with Pantone® colours Black 6c (system world) and Terra Cotta (citizen) is perfect for a modern, classic and reflective look in home and office interiors. It is an urgent reminder how rules and regulations reduce freedom and creativity. The Pantone® colour Bright White (living world) is missing.
Product Information
Price: € 125,00
Dimensions: 40 x 40 cm
Limited edition print (1/5) on Hahnemühle natural line fine art paper Hemp, 290 gsm, 60% hemp fibre, 40% cotton, white, acid- and lignin-free, ISO 9706 compliant and museum quality for high age resistance. Colours and details are brilliantly reproduced. Hemp has extremely robust fibres, for that it is used for long-lasting historical documents, such as the Gutenberg Bible and the US Declaration of Independence.
- Signed Artist Proof
- Designed by Jack Kruf
- Watermark not printed
- Print with small edge for personal framing
- Printed in Breda, The Netherlands
- Value Added Tax (VAT) included
Stimulating Frame
The story behind
The Four Freedoms, articulated in 1941 by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, are about four fundamental freedoms that people “everywhere in the world” ought to enjoy, that of speech, worship, want and fear. For that a stimulating and wide frame by government (and its system world) is needed, if not conditional. It will give the citizen maximum breathing space, creativity and freedom in its living world. Four freedoms would be great.
Wall art
This rectangle archival pigment print of the city canvas with Pantone® colours Bright White (living world), Black 6c (system world) and Terra Cotta (citizen) is perfect for a modern, classic and reflective look in home and office interiors. It is a reminder how a stimulating frame contribute to the freedoms.
Product Information
Price: € 125,00
Dimensions: 40 x 40 cm
Limited edition print (1/5) on Hahnemühle natural line fine art paper Hemp, 290 gsm, 60% hemp fibre, 40% cotton, white, acid- and lignin-free, ISO 9706 compliant and museum quality for high age resistance. Colours and details are brilliantly reproduced. Hemp has extremely robust fibres, for that it is used for long-lasting historical documents, such as the Gutenberg Bible and the US Declaration of Independence.
- Signed Artist Proof
- Designed by Jack Kruf
- Watermark not printed
- Print with small edge for personal framing
- Printed in Breda, The Netherlands
- Value Added Tax (VAT) included
Interested? Please contact us for sales and shipping.
Cultural heritage
Cultural Heritage
The story behind
Cultural heritage is the felt DNA of society. The soft and warm perspective of past days (Pastel Yellow) contrasts with the hectic world of today (Chili Pepper). The system world of rules and regulations (Jet Black) is permanently felt and being omnipresent. Unexplored territories and challenges are there too, forming the new building blocks for the future of the living world (Snow White). In this city DNA, these Pantone® colours meet.
Wall art
This rectangle archival pigment print of the city canvas is custom made for this appartement in the heart of the city of Amsterdam. It is a reminder on the wall of the colourful dynamics in society as a combined perspective from past, present and future.
Product Information
Price (print and frame): € 365 (sold)
Dimensions: 40 x 40 cm (print) and 50 x 50 cm (frame)
Unique print (1/1) on Hahnemühle German Etching fine art paper, 310 gsm, 100% α-cellulose, white, clearly defined felt structure, acid- and lignin-free, ISO 9706 compliant and museum quality for high age resistance.
- Certified Hahnemühle print
- Designed by Jack Kruf, 2019
- Inclusive aluminium Barth frame and Jarson-Juhl museum glass
- Printed in Breda, The Netherlands
Please contact us for more information.
Lost in the City
The story behind
The citizen and the city. Many novels, philosophies, songs and poems have been written about this relation. From the daily perspective of city governance a myriad of stories about life in the city can to be told. The idea came up to express the canvas of the city as the 64 fields of the chess board. An eagle view, from above. There the living and the system world meet and form the fibre of society. The citizen can be lost and get disconnected with life as well as the system.
Wall art
This rectangle archival pigment print of the city canvas with Pantone® Bright White (living world) Pantone® Black 6c (system world) and Pantone® Terra Cotta (citizen) is perfect for a modern, classic and reflective look in home and office interiors. It is an urgent reminder on the wall, that getting lost in the city is not to be wished for as it is highly uncomfortable and lonely.
Product Information
Price: € 125,00
Dimensions: 40 x 40 cm
Limited edition print (1/5) on Hahnemühle natural line fine art paper Hemp, 290 gsm, 60% hemp fibre, 40% cotton, white, acid- and lignin-free, ISO 9706 compliant and museum quality for high age resistance. Colours and details are brilliantly reproduced. Hemp has extremely robust fibres, for that it is used for long-lasting historical documents, such as the Gutenberg Bible and the US Declaration of Independence.
- Signed Artist Proof
- Designed by Jack Kruf
- Watermark not printed
- Print with small edge for personal framing
- Printed in Breda, The Netherlands
- Value Added Tax (VAT) included
Interested? Please contact us for sales and shipping.
Connected with the City
The story behind
The citizen and the city. Many novels, philosophies, songs and poems have been written about this relation. From the daily perspective of city governance a myriad of stories about life in the city can to be told. The idea came up to express the canvas of the city as the 64 fields of the chess board. An eagle view, from above. There the living and the system world meet and form the fibre of society. The connected citizen finds its way.
Wall art
This rectangle archival pigment print of the city canvas with Pantone® Bright White (living world) Pantone® Black 6c (system world) and Pantone® Terra Cotta (citizen) is perfect for a modern, classic and reflective look in home and office interiors. It is a reminder on the wall, that being and staying connected is crucial.
Product Information
Price: € 125,00
Dimensions: 40 x 40 cm
Limited edition print (1/5) on Hahnemühle natural line fine art paper Hemp, 290 gsm, 60% hemp fibre, 40% cotton, white, acid- and lignin-free, ISO 9706 compliant and museum quality for high age resistance. Colours and details are brilliantly reproduced. Hemp has extremely robust fibres, for that it is used for long-lasting historical documents, such as the Gutenberg Bible and the US Declaration of Independence.
- Signed Artist Proof
- Designed by Jack Kruf
- Watermark not printed
- Print with small edge for personal framing
- Printed in Breda, The Netherlands
- Value Added Tax (VAT) included
Interested? Please contact us for sales and shipping.
System World Canvas
The story behind
Philosopher Jürgen Habermas distinguishes the living world and the system world. In the living world people and teams live and communicate between equals, based on arguments and without power. It is the world where love and friendship are leading and daily life dominates. It is the white canvas on which we are born, walk, live and die.
In the system world the instrumental rationality is used and says or dictates what and who is necessary to achieve a goal or to carry out a task. It is the world of rules, regulations, procedures and guidelines. It is the black canvas, in fact the chess board, on which most decisions of public governance are made. In the background though we find the living world, not dominant but present.
Wall art
This rectangle archival pigment print of the city canvas with Pantone® Bright White and Pantone® Black 6c is perfect for a modern, classic and reflective look in home and office interiors. It is a reminder on the wall, that the governance of our society is strongly dominated by this palette of black.
Product Information
Price: € 285,00
Dimensions: 80 x 80 cm
Limited edition print (1/5) on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® fine art paper, 308 gsm, 100% cotton, white, characteristic, beautiful defined felt structure, acid- and lignin-free, ISO 9706 conform / museum quality for highest age resistance.
- Signed Artist Proof
- Designed by Jack Kruf
- Watermark not printed
- Print with small edge for personal framing
- Printed in Breda, The Netherlands
- Value Added Tax (VAT) included
Interested? Please contact us for sales and shipping.
Living World Canvas
The story behind
Philosopher Jürgen Habermas distinguishes the living world and the system world. In the first, people and teams live and communicate between equals, based on arguments and without power. It is the world where love and friendship are leading and daily life dominates. Here it is expressed as a white canvas, in fact the chess board on which we are born, walk, live and die.
In the system world the instrumental rationality is used and says or dictates what and who is necessary to achieve a goal or to carry out a task. It is the world of rules and regulations. It is the other world, represented as a black canvas, here in the background and not dominant.
Wall art
This rectangle archival pigment print of the city canvas with Pantone® Bright White and Pantone® Black 6c in the background is perfect for a modern, classic and reflective look in home and office interiors. It is a reminder on the wall, that the playing field of life for all of us starts with a clean palette to live our dreams and give creativity and colour to the world.
Product Information
Price: € 285,00
Dimensions: 80 x 80 cm
Limited edition print (1/5) on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® fine art paper, 308 gsm, 100% cotton, white, characteristic, beautiful defined felt structure, acid- and lignin-free, ISO 9706 conform / museum quality for highest age resistance.
- Signed Artist Proof
- Designed by Jack Kruf
- Watermark not printed
- Print with small edge for personal framing
- Printed in Breda, The Netherlands
- Value Added Tax (VAT) included
Interested? Please contact us for sales and shipping.
Ukraine Chess Board
The story behind
The colors of Ukraine represent the ‘sky’ (blue) and the ‘wheat’ (yellow). Anno 2023 Ukraine is the chess board of autonomy and sovereignty, literally and figuratively. The Russian invasion at the end of February 2022, seems to be about expanding the empire of Great Russia Peter the Great, possibly about confiscating the fertile grounds of Ukraine,
This chess board has become a metaphor for the fight for democracy and freedom, against autocracy and unfreedom. That presently the most felt and communicated semantic differential in the West, but possibly and even more likely history will tell us that there is more under the sun.
Wall art
This rectangle archival pigment print in the national colours of Ukraine is a strong reminder on the wall, how fragile democracy, dignity and freedom are and that fight. The Ukraine chess board is the playing field for strategic, tactic and operational thinking and acting starts with this magic board palette.
Product Information
Price: € 125,00 / € 275,00
Dimensions: 40 x 40 cm / 100 x 100 cm
Limited edition print (2/5) on Hahnemühle natural line fine art paper Hemp, 290 gsm, 60% hemp fibre, 40% cotton, white, acid- and lignin-free, ISO 9706 compliant and museum quality for high age resistance. Colours and details are brilliantly reproduced. Hemp has extremely robust fibres, for that it is used for long-lasting historical documents, such as the Gutenberg Bible and the US Declaration of Independence.
- Signed Artist Proof
- Designed by Jack Kruf
- Printed in Breda, The Netherlands
- Value Added Tax (VAT) included
- € 60,00 / € 150,00 will be donated to UNCR Ukraine.
Interested? Please contact us for sales and shipping.
Nikola into the Future
Photo taken from Nikola/Hyla.
There was an engineer called Nikola Tesla. And there are the motor companies Nikola and Tesla. Both like to be associated with the brilliance and originality of this man. Both are working on new and innovative concepts of transport. Both are about the future, bringing us from the old and present fossil world to a new more sustainable and cleaner world. The first with about hydrogen, the second about electric energy. Here we highlight Nikola.
Hydrogen is an eco-friendly element that plays a vital role in sustaining life. No other energy carrier is as abundant as hydrogen, making it the ideal solution for creating a zero-emissions world.
HYLA, is the hydrogen solution of Nikola provides cost-effective solutions for hydrogen production, distribution, and dispensing. When combined with the Nikola Tre fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) it emits zero carbon, with water being the only byproduct. This approach solves the hydrogen fuel supply challenge to transition the commercial trucking industry to zero-emissions.
The art of Nature
© Jack Kruf (2016) The art of Nature. Breda: Private collection.
The wind and the sand come to there own expressions. No humans or Artificial Intelligence needed for true art expressions of Mother Nature.
Jack Kruf 