Luba Lukova Studio Tour

By Mark Kaufman
At the ICON conference a couple of weeks back I got to go on a tour of Luba Lukova’s studio out in Long Island City, NY. That was certainly a highlight of ICON for me this time around. Luba could not have been nicer and more accomodating. The workspace was small, and tidy, populated by Luba, an intern and her dog. She took the time to show us a lot of work in her files, discuss technique, content and concept, answer all of our questions, both the intelligent ones and the inane ones. Here are a few shots from the tour, please pardon my shaky-cam photo stylings. As I mentioned in yesterday’s post the trek out to Long Island City was great fun, walking the NYC streets and taking the subway with fellow, illustrators, artists and educators. Most everyone liked Luba’s work, but admittedly it wasn’t the cup of tea for a couple of people stylistically and content-wise. Their loss. I thought it was great. As a nice bonus we all left Luba’s studio with signed posters and other printed ephemera. All in all a great experience, so thanks to Luba for having us and thanks to the ICON team for setting it up.