There’s an abundance to Alexey Luka’s art in terms of both his choice of medium and subjects. Based in Moscow, he mixes together anything from spray and acrylic paints to sculpture and collage art. Colors and geometric shapes interact with lines and grids, resulting in a colorful mishmash, or perhaps a Rubik’s cube which the viewer is invited to solve. It’s a sort of colorful mess, but one that’s very well organized.
According to Luka, his unique style, a hybrid between constructivism and neo-plasticism, is very much the result of his background in architecture. With it, he aims to tell a story and evoke a situation or a vision, in an entirely unusual and original way.
“My works are like an everyday diary,” he told Another Fine Mess. “A chronicle of what I see around me, around my friends.” He also describes his art as a puzzle. “People try to find different recognizable shapes that are mixed with abstract geometry,” he notes. “It could be anything, a man walking with his dog, or a large family waiting for their lunch.”
Each piece begins with a sketch on paper. Once the sketch is done, Luka chooses the technique he prefers for realizing his idea. “There is always a story to be found in my works,” he says. “I try to show typical situations from a different angle.”
