November 21, 2026–April 18, 2027
Scheller and Fowler Galleries
Emil Lukas (American, b. 1964), A.T.A.T.A.A., 2026, acrylic paint on canvas over wood panel. Courtesy of the artist.
With his lens sculptures, lattice paintings, and thread paintings, Easton, PA-based, internationally recognized artist Emil Lukas explores human visual perception, playing with distance, depth, curvature, and, most importantly, light. He isolates and recombines colors via tubes, dots, and filaments. This exhibition will feature new and site-specific work that highlights the potential and limitations of our vision.
Emil Lukas (American, b. 1964), Saturation, 2026, acrylic paint on canvas over wood panel. Courtesy of the artist.
Lukas’s lattice paintings, built of complementary colors layered with a grid of raised dots, trigger a dynamic focus. As our eyes dart across the surface, they may activate a visual form floating in front of the work—what the artist calls “an event.” Similarly, Lukas’s thread paintings, made by wrapping variously colored threads around a frame, produce unexpected color changes depending upon viewing distance and angle and a disorienting sense of infinite space.
In the words of the artist, “the works are made in your mind.”
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This exhibition is supported through the generosity of the Bernard and Audrey Berman Foundation and the Leon C. and June W. Holt Endowment.
Shown at top: Emil Lukas (American, b. 1964), Heavy From Star, thread over aluminum and wood with plaster, paint and nails. Courtesy of the artist.