PIERO ATCHUGARRY GALLERY

Pueblo Garzón | Uruguay
Miami | USA
Director | Piero Atchugarry

Piero Atchugarry Gallery presents a contemporary art program and modern art survey, representing established artists from Latin America primarily, as well as from Italy, Japan, and the United States. The artists represented by the gallery are linked by their emphasis on material and perfection of execution, working between sculpture and installation. In September of 2013, the gallery opened to the public with a Post-War Italian art exhibition. By January 2014, the gallery moved to a large stable adapted as an exhibition space in Garzón. The remote and pastoral environment that surrounded the gallery in Garzón allowed artists to explore outdoor and indoor situations, which ultimately influenced the gallery program to become experience-based.

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ESTE FOCUS

Booth walkthrough with the artist
Emil Lukas

In English, without translation.
Open to the public.

Date: TBD
Time: TBD
Venue: Pavilion VIK,
Ruta 10, km182,5, José Ignacio

CULTURAL VISION

For ESTE ARTE 2026, 12th edition, Piero Atchugarry Gallery presents Emil Lukas’ project “Perceptual Fields”, conceived especially for the public of ESTE ARTE and Uruguay. Lukas reimagines abstraction through cumulative, experimental processes that yield perceptual experiences—works that are simultaneously investigations of image-making and metaphors for broader existential questions. Using unconventional materials such as thread, resin, plaster, and insects, Lukas constructs works that oscillate between painting and sculpture, creating vibrant surfaces that shift with light and movement. “Perceptual Fields” proposes an immersive encounter with vision itself, inviting viewers to question how perception structures reality. Tailored to the light and openness of José Ignacio, the project highlights Lukas’ dedication to process, intuition, and optics.

BIO

Emil Lukas (American, b. 1964) lives and works in Stockertown, Pennsylvania. His practice redefines painting both materially and structurally, emphasizing process and the sensory dimensions of perception. Solo museum exhibitions include The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum (2005), The Weatherspoon Museum (2005), Mattress Factory (2005), Hunterdon Museum (2008), and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (2016). He has participated in group shows at institutions such as the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, MART Rovereto, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, The Drawing Center (New York), and SCAD Museum of Art. His work is held in important private and public collections, including the Panza Collection, Dakis Joannou Collection, Margulies Collection, SFMOMA, Crystal Bridges, and UBS Collection.