Artist Alex Lukas wants us to stop using the term “post-Apocalyptic” to describe his paintings of flooded, overgrown, shattered American landscapes sans people. It’s “more open-ended” than that: Maybe it wasn’t the Apocalypse. Maybe no people “doesn’t have to be awful.” Read more »
Alex Lukas Brings Catastrophic Destruction To Guerrero Gallery
Alex Lukas is an optimist when it comes to “the aesthetics of destruction.” Borrowing known-cityscapes from vintage periodicals, Lukas projects our collective obsession with “national mortality” with screen-printing and painting. His post-Apocalyptic scenes hint at hope and renewal, soon on view at Guerrero Gallery in San Francisco. See a preview below. Read more »
Alex Lukas Floods Gallery With New Work
Practicing the art of destruction, Alex Lukas renders urban landscapes uninhabitable, submerging them underwater and thick with foliage. Next month, the artist will exhibit his collection of vintage magazine photos turned into post-apocalyptic metropolises alongside a collection of more contemporary images of devastating despair. “The Eventuality of Daybreak” opens from November 12th through December 6th at Glowlab, 30 Grand Street.
Images via Alex Lukas
In one interview, Alex Lukas said his work is inspired by Hollywood and that he’s “very interested in the dominance of images of America destroyed.” That would help explain the post-apocalyptic depicting artist’s work. Still, out of all the decimated metropolises, this piece featuring a disturbingly submerged Lower Manhattan especially captured our hearts. |ZEB|
Ink, acrylic, gouache and silkscreen on two book pages, 14.5×11 inches
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