Emil Lukas: One to the Other
New York Gallery
Emil Lukas evidences the importance of process in labor-intensive pieces derived from the artist’s experiments in unusual combinations of objects and materials. Byproducts of his studio practice and the natural environment around his home in rural Pennsylvania become source material for and subjects of works that are both painting and sculpture.
Philosophically, these works balance form and idea. Overlapping colors, contrasting tonal ranges, the repetition of universal shapes and structures, and the dynamic of positive and negative space create the formal foundations in which the artist explores new ideas and processes. Wide-ranging materials, including paper coffee cups used to mix paint, bottle caps, plaster casts of objects and body parts, organic residue, string, glass, and bubble wrap are part of the archeology and vocabulary of each piece. The residual evidence of process makes each work a history of its own making.
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Emil LukasThe Blue One, 2007paint on plaster32 x 24 x 3 inches/81.3 x 61 x 7.6 cm
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Emil LukasStacking Linear Color, 2007thread, nails and paint on wooden frame32 x 24 x 3 inches/81.3 x 61 x 7.6 cm
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Emil LukasQuinacridone to Cadmium, 2007paint on plaster32 x 24 x 3 inches/81.3 x 61 x 7.6 cm
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Emil LukasSwimming, 2007paint and thread on canvas55 x 77 x 3 inches/139.7 x 195.6 x 7.6 cm
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Emil LukasCentering Nine, 2007paper, paint, mixing cups in paint and canvas55 x 77 x 8 inches/139.7 x 195.6 x 20.3 cm
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Emil LukasAccumulation of 156 #0851, 2007paint, paper, thread and organic material on canvas55 x 77 x 3 inches/139.7 x 195.6 x 7.6 cm
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Emil Lukasorigin of circle #0854, 2007paint, paper, thread and organic material on canvas55 x 77 x 3 inches/139.7 x 195.6 x 7.6 cm
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Emil LukasSilver Nitrate Constellation, 2007paint on canvas with glass and silver nitrate
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Emil LukasTree Line, 2007paint on plaster32 x 24 x 3 inches/81.3 x 61 x 7.6 cm
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Emil LukasThe Last Pink Line, 2007thread, nails and paint on wood and plaster frame32 x 24 x 3 inches/81.3 x 61 x 7.6 cm
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Emil LukasSlide Under Thread Pattern, 2006acrylic on canvas, thread32 x 24 x 3 inches/81.3 x 61 x 7.6 cm
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Emil Lukas44 islands on the Swiss Marin border, 2007mixed media on plaster, canvas, paper61 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 15 1/4 inches/156.2 x 29.2 x 38.7 cm
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Emil LukasIcebreaker for Not Vitale [a], 2007plastervariable