Zoran Luka
My approach to art is an ongoing process to copy nature, and that is by adding and subtracting or disfiguring what already exists in it.
BRONZE SCULPTURES
My bronze sculptures draw inspiration from natural forms, exploring evolutionary deviations and deformations. The idea is to capture the movement rather than the anatomy.
The whole process of the“lost wax” casting method for these sculptures is performed by myself.
"Arabesque"
"Pas de deux"
II MOVEMENT
“…My approach to art is an ongoing process
to learn from nature by adding,
subtracting or changing of what already exists.”
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My currently available works can be seen at the Kirsten Kjærs Museum in Denmark or at my private address in Helsingborg-Sweden, by appointment via email: zoranlukafred@gmail.com
"Adorable"
“…My approach to art is an ongoing process
to learn from nature by adding,
subtracting or changing of what already exists.”
Distinctive bronze figures by Zoran Luka are inspired by human figure and its potential mobility. Their disproportionately long extremities and contracted torsos provide dynamic motion and new perspective. The idea is to capture the movement rather than the anatomy of a real body. Willow lines and abstract gestures give the bronze figures their light expression. Not the figure but the movement is sculptured.
Most of the titles of the artist's “dancer series” are terms used in classical ballet. This is another strong source of Luka’s inspiration. Unique about Luka´s approach to sculpture is his devotion to craftsmanship. The whole process starting from sculpturing, molding and casting in bronze until the last steps of patinating the soon finished sculpture is performed by the artist himself.
Zoran Luka has learned and explored the craft of bronze casting with sculptor Pal Lakatos in Hungary 1999-2001. In 2000 Luka established the foundry and artistic workshop at Kirsten Kjærs Museum in Denmark. This is the place where he works on his sculptures. Accompanying his art Luka regulary hosts bronze casting courses at his danish workshop, as well as annually bronze casting master-classes in Orient, Long Island, USA.
Zoran Luka Fred was born in 1968, on Balkan, where he grew up and and studied in Belgrade. Since 1992 he lives in Scandinavia, and now resides in Helsingborg, Sweden since 2014. Active as associate artist at Kirsten Kjærs Museum in North Jutland, Denmark.
In his early childhood, he used to spend entire summer holidays in the Montenegrin mountains of Durmitor where he helped his uncle, who was a folkloristic wood artist and through whom Zoran was given his first interest and knowledge in shapes, forms and use of tools.
After movingto Denmark in 1992, while studying at Ranum Art School from 1994-96, his wild temperament, a mind full of ideas, craving for nature, made him decide to move far away into the countryside. Here in Northwestern Jutland, between the Limfjord and the North Sea, he found Kirsten Kjærs Museum: and in this inspiring environment he discovered the core of his own artistic expression. Zoran Luka's main artistic field is sculpture. He mainly expresses himself in bronze, but also works with other media such as 3D-techniques, land art and and environmental art.
Zoran learned the craft of bronze casting with sculptor Pàl Lakatós in Kecskemet, Hungary 1998-2000. Following this, he established a foundry and metal art workshop at Kirsten Kjærs Museum, from where he also teaches sculpture and bronze casting, organizes art workshops, and assists resident artists in accomplishing their works.
