The work of internationally renowned New York-based artist Luba Lukova will be on display at the Gold Coast Arts Center in Great Neck beginning next month in an exhibit titled “Graphic Cuts.”
An opening reception will be held Sunday, March 15, from 4 to 7 p.m.
Regarded as one of the most distinctive image makers working today, Lukova’s work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; Centre de la Gravure, La Louvière, Belgium; the Library of Congress; and the World Bank.
Her work is currently on view at MoMA, New York and Denver Art Museum. She was recently included as number one in the Huffington Post’s review “15 Women Artists Who Have Left Their Mark On Modern Design.”
Transcending language, culture, and politics, her Graphic Guts collection features passionate, visual reactions to many of the pressing issues affecting the world today.
In the art of Bulgarian-born Lukova, less is more. More effect, more message, more expression; all while doing it with less. The graphic elements are bold with few fine details but the intent is clear.
Her messages reflect the human condition, fundamental fairness and justice. Lukova’s use of striking, metaphoric images gives the viewers art to not only appreciate visually but intellectually.
Graphic Guts is also the name of her new book to be released later this year by Clay & Gold.
She has received commissions from Harvard and Columbia Universities, Sony Music, Verve Records, Adobe Systems, United Airlines, The New York Times, Time, the Ministry of Culture of France, and the War Resisters League.
Lukova is the author of the critically acclaimed Social Justice portfolio containing visual reactions to many of the pressing issues of our time. Since its publication in 2008, the portfolio has been exhibited throughout the five continents, transcending language, culture and politics.
Lukova is the Honor Laureate at the Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition and has won many awards, including the Icograda Excellence Award at the International Poster Festival in Chaumont, France; first prize at the International Poster Biennale in Mexico; the Grand Prix Savignac at the International Poster Salon in Paris; and Gold Pencil Awards at the One Club in New York. Lukova holds honorary doctoral degree from the Art Institute of Boston.
Lukova’s work has been exhibited widely in the US and around the globe. Solo exhibitions include: UNESCO in Paris, France, DDD Gallery in Osaka, Japan, La MaMa Gallery in New York, and the Art Institute of Boston. Her works have been acquired for the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and Toyama, Japan, Denver Art Museum, the National Library of France in Paris, the Museum of Fine Arts in Mons, Belgium, the Library of Congress and the World Bank in Washington, DC.
