Michael Luchs (Detroit Portrait series)
Artist
Kurt Novak
(American)
Date2003 - 2005
MediumArchival pigment print on cotton rag paper
DimensionsPaper Size: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Frame Size: 22 1/2 × 26 1/2 in. (57.2 × 67.3 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Object numberUAC6111
DescriptionOne of the early members of the Cass Corridor tribe, Michael Luchs was a founding members of the Willis Gallery along with James Chatelain, John Egner, and others. Luchs is most well-known for his works of art involving images of animals – squirrels, birds, bears, and rabbits. Among his depictions of animals, his portrayals of rabbits are often the most recognizable. These rabbits are almost always shown from the side, alert and attentive, rendered differently, in media ranging from fabric and paint on cardboard to sculptures made of wire and steel. The rabbits, for Luchs, represent a primal vulnerability and paranoia similar to what the artist felt living in the turbulent area of the Cass Corridor in Detroit. Luchs has exhibited his work at the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Oscarsson Hood Gallery in New York City, the David Klein Gallery in Birmingham, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. Collections
