Luba Lukova: Designing Justice
Traveling Exhibition
DATES & LOCATIONS
October 8, 2021 – March 22, 2022
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Skirball Gallery
50 East Freedom Way
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
January 31 – March 3, 2022
Rivier Art Gallery
435 South Main Street
Nashua, New Hampshire 03060
Heftler Visiting Artist Gallery
376 Hale Street
Beverly, Massachusetts 01915
889 Cueihua Road
Zuoying District
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan 81354
September 16, 2020 – January 31, 2021
1360 N Prospect Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
September 1 – December 7, 2020
514 University Avenue
Selinsgove, Pennsylvania 17870
124 East Reconciliation Way
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103
November 4, 2019 – January 27, 2020
Restoration Plaza
Billie Holiday Theatre
1368 Fulton Street
Brooklyn, New York 11216
October 25 – December 31, 2019
Szczecin, Poland
May 26 – July 7, 2019
The Thermos Foundation
No. 94, Section 2, Yangde Boulevard
Shilin District
Taipei, Taiwan 111
March 14 – April 7, 2019
Rogers Center for the Arts
McCoy Gallery
315 Turnpike Street
North Andover, Massachusetts 01845
Center for Creativity and the Arts
5225 North Backer Avenue
Fresno, California 93740
September 7 – October 15, 2018
1100 East Fifth Street
Anderson, Indiana 46012
Museum of the City of Riobamba
5 de Junio y Primera Constituyente
Riobamba, Ecuador 060150
Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA)
1315 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
This exhibition is available for travel in the U.S. and internationally. For further information, please contact us at luba@lukova.net.
From the internationally renowned artist Luba Lukova, Designing Justice presents vivid, captivating works that tackle the complexities of our time and make the issues that impact our lives and our communities more approachable. Lukova's thought-provoking imagery is a powerful vehicle providing visibility to a range of topics, including war and peace, censorship, corruption, the environment, and more.
Luba Lukova: Designing Justice debuted at Museum of Design Atlanta, becoming one of the museum’s most visited shows to date. Loved by audiences and critics, the exhibition embarked on a tour to galleries and museums across the U.S. and internationally. In the past few years, Designing Justice has energized the communities at National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, a Smithsonian Affiliate in Cincinnati, Ohio; Jewish Museum Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Restoration Plaza, Brooklyn, New York; Zarrow Art Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Rogers Center for the Arts, North Andover, Massachusetts; Phebe Conley Art Gallery, Fresno, California; Krannert Fine Arts Center, Anderson, Indiana; Museum of the City of Riobamba, Ecuador; The Thermos Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan; Slup Szymon Gallery, Szczecin, Poland; Lore Degenstein Gallery, Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania; Kaohsiung American School Media Center, Taiwan; Manninen Center for the Arts, Beverly, Massachusetts; and Rivier Art Gallery, Nashua, New Hampshire.
Why the images in Luba Lukova’s Designing Justice are so visually appealing: saturated colors draw you in; hard edges clarify the dynamic shapes; and distilled compositions keep the eye locked into the picture plane. And, within her direct, elegantly streamlined images, Lukova has embedded the most essential element of all — a powerful message that gets people thinking.
While it is easy to focus solely on the messages of her provocative works, it is important to take a step back to appreciate the artistic merit in Lukova’s simplicity. Her use of striking, metaphoric images gives the viewers art intended to produce an intellectual stimulus and an emotional impact that emerge from her overall mastery of the visual language.
"Lukova's work has the ability to open up a dialogue. Her images are such that they make us talk to one another..."
– Laura Flusche
Executive Director
Museum of Design Atlanta