Summom Bonnum:mapping line and making holes. solo exhibition, May 2011.      Scroll down to see more images.

_ The impetus for Leora Lutz’ new body of work is based upon Plato’s Timaeus [360 BCE] which outlines theories about the creation of the universe. The title of the show, “Summum Bonum”, is Latin for “the greater good”, or the compelling need a person has to do something of great importance. This “something” (or the greater good) is classified into two symbiotic, yet conflicting paths; the moral vs. the physical, and happiness vs. virtue. The modern philosopher Immanuel Kant found Summum Bonum influential in his own practice and what he referred to as “the ultimate goal of human pursuit.”                                        Lutz seeks to make this pursuit tangible through mapping language and abstracting the landscape – specifically, man’s converse relationship with the Sky; looking up at it, and looking down upon it and the ability to travel through it, yet never really touch it. Her work creates a visual conversation between the furtive illuminations of man-made and natural occurrences, consequently revealing an acknowledgment and rejection of one’s self. Her interest in the intersection of art and the everyday creates a cyclical response for the viewer through visual conversations that question what is known and what is seen. There are several pieces inspired by Kazimir Malevich’s “aerial landscapes” and his Suprematist concepts of minimalism as a vehicle for representing pure nature and emotion. Read the Full Exhibition Broadsheet here.