Emil Lukas
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania 1964
Photo credit Zachary Hartzell / Courtesy Zachary Hartzell
Looking at his works one has the impression that they come from the organisation of chaos. From an infinite quantity of things, forms and colours which are remixed into a purposeless movement and which suddendly take on a unpredictable, different and new form.
Emil Lukas, Oil Field, 1992. Grease, thread on paper with wood, glass, rubber, oatmeal, 55,8 x 40,6 x 4 cm. Ithra, King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Photo Alessandro Zambianchi, Milano
Emil Lukas, Board Game, 1994. Plaster, wood, mixed media, 56 x 40,6 x 5 cm. FAI Fondo Ambiente Italiano, Collezione Panza, Gift, 2022. Photo Alessandro Zambianchi, Milano
Emil Lukas, Core Sample (33 sections stack), 1996. Plaster, wood, paper, mixed paint, organic material, 140,3 x 21,5 x 27, 9 cm. Khao Yai Art, Thailand, 2022. Photo Alessandro Zambianchi, Milano
Installation La Percezione del Futuro: la collezione Panza a Perugia, Museo Civico di Palazzo della Penna, Perugia, June 20 - November 8, 2015. Emil Lukas, When the Small Gather (8 double sided panels), 1994. Panza Collection, Mendrisio. Photo Alessandro Zambianchi, Milano
Rosa Giovanna Magnifico Panza di Biumo and PanzaCollection would like to thank the artist, the family and the institutions for granting image publishing.