EMIL LUKAS
Recent Sculptures
Related Paintings

Emil Lukas makes evident every process and part that goes into his
work. Byproducts of his studio practice and the natural environment
become source material for and subjects of works that are both
painting and sculpture. The pieces are histories of their own
inspiration and construction. Wide ranging materials, including
paper coffee cups used to mix paint, bottle caps, plaster casts of
objects and body parts, organic residue, string, and bubble wrap
are part of the archeology of each piece and vocabulary of them all.

Lukas’ sculptures are stacks of two-sided paintings - each piece
ordered - so that a viewer flips back and forth through them, like
the pages of a book. The surface of each component interlocks with
the next, both physically and visually. Each turn of a “page,” leads
to discovery. The wall-mounted paintings are inspired by the
relationships between the components of the sculptures. The
paintings and sculptures share a visual vocabulary that incorporates
the actions and thoughts of the artist, and parallel the processes of
organic nature and time.