Emil Lukas at Sperone Westwater Gallery

At over eight feet tall, this structure of welded aluminum tubes by Emil Lukas not only dominates Sperone Westwater’s small back gallery, it commandeers our vision. By leading our gaze toward a single point on the wall behind, it melds sculpture with the role of painting and drawing by creating one-point perspective. (On the Lower East Side through Feb 11th).

Emil Lukas, Liquid Lens, aluminum, 107 x 136 x 40 inches, 2016.
Emil Lukas, Liquid Lens, aluminum, 107 x 136 x 40 inches, 2016.

Emil Lukas at Sperone Westwater Gallery

Sometimes using as much as a mile of thread, Stockertown, PA based artist Emil Lukas creates an ambiguous and intriguing sense of space in two-dimensional wall pieces like ‘Red Gas,’ seen here in detail.  (At Sperone Westwater on the Lower East Side through Feb 22nd).  

Emil Lukas, Red Gas (detail), thread over wood frame with nails, 16 x 14 inches, 2013.