Emil Lukas

  • Works

    Larva Series

    • Emil Lukas Double Event Larva 1892 Mono Print
      Double Event (Larva) 1892, 2020
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Larva 1893 Mono Print
      Double Event (Larva) 1893, 2020
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Larva 1894 Mono Print
      Double Event (Larva) 1894, 2020
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Larva 1895 Mono Print
      Double Event (Larva) 1895, 2020
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Larva 1896 Mono Print
      Double Event (Larva) 1896, 2020
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Larva 1897 Mono Print
      Double Event (Larva) 1897, 2020
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Larva 1898 Mono Print
      Double Event (Larva) 1898, 2020
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Larva 1899 Mono Print
      Double Event (Larva) 1899, 2020
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Larva 1900 Mono Print
      Double Event (Larva) 1900, 2020
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Larva 1901 Mono Print
      Double Event (Larva) 1901, 2020
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Larva 1903 Mono Print
      Double Event (Larva) 1903, 2020
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Larva 1904 Mono Print
      Double Event (Larva) 1904, 2020
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Larva 1905 Mono Print
      Double Event (Larva) 1905, 2020
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Larva 1908 Mono Print
      Double Event (Larva) 1908, 2020
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Larva 1909 Mono Print
      Double Event (Larva) 1909, 2020
    • Emil Lukas Double Event Larva 1910 Mono Print
      Double Event (Larva) 1910, 2020
    • Emil Lukas Larva 12 Mono Print
      Larva 12, 2015
    • Emil Lukas Larva 14 Mono Print
      Larva 14, 2015
    • Emil Lukas Larva 15 Mono Print
      Larva 15, 2015
    • Emil Lukas Larva 16 Mono Print
      Larva 16, 2015
    • Emil Lukas Larva 17 Mono Print
      Larva 17, 2015
    • Emil Lukas Larva 18 Mono Print
      Larva 18, 2015
    • Emil Lukas Larva 19 Mono Print
      Larva 19, 2015
    • Emil Lukas Larva 20 Mono Print
      Larva 20, 2015
    • Emil Lukas Larva 21 Mono Print
      Larva 21, 2015
    • Emil Lukas Larva 22 Mono Print
      Larva 22, 2015
    • Emil Lukas Larva 23 Mono Print
      Larva 23, 2015
    • Emil Lukas Larva 25 Mono Print
      Larva 25, 2015
    • Emil Lukas Larva 26 Mono Print
      Larva 26, 2015
    • Emil Lukas Larva 27 Mono Print
      Larva 27, 2015
    • Emil Lukas Larva 32 Mono Print
      Larva 32, 2015
    • Emil Lukas Larva 10 Mono Print
      Larva 10, 2012
    • Emil Lukas, Larva 11, 2012
      Larva 11, 2012
    • Emil Lukas Larva 6 Mono Print
      Larva 6, 2012
    • Emil Lukas Larva 7 Mono Print
      Larva 7, 2012
    • Emil Lukas Larva 8 Mono Print
      Larva 8, 2012
    • Emil Lukas Larva 9 Mono Print
      Larva 9, 2012

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  • Biography
    View works. Emil Lukas examining a screen for print edition
    Emil Lukas
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    B. 1964, PITTSBURGH, PA

    Focused on process and perception, Emil Lukas has developed several distinctive approaches to abstraction, often incorporating everyday, industrial, or otherwise unconventional materials into his paintings, sculptures, and prints. His practice ranges from “thread paintings” consisting solely of taut string wrapped around nails on a wooden frame, to enlisting fly larva to aid in the creation of otherworldly lines across surfaces. Uniting these explorations is a fascination with the acts of looking and questioning how we fundamentally see the world.  

     

    Lukas began collaborating with Durham Press in the early 2000s. Utilizing screenprint, intaglio, and relief, he and Jean-Paul Russell developed new processes to put a twist on his signature languages and give them new life in the form of etchings, screenprints, monotypes and more. 

     

    Lukas is represented by Sperone Westwater, New York; Studio la Città, Verona, Italy; and Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco. In addition to numerous solo shows at these venues, as well as other commercial galleries—including —his work has been the focus of individual presentations at institutions such as the Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina (2005); Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut (2005); Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh; and Morris Gallery at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia (2016).

     

    Lukas’s work is represented in prominent public and private collections, including those of the Baltimore Museum of Art; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas; Henry Art Gallery, Seattle; Dakis Joannou Collection, Greece; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; Panza Collection, Italy; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the UBS Art Collection.