More that 2,000 visitors attended the opening of Designing Justice, a remarkable new exhibition by Feagin Visiting Artist Luba Lukova at Zarrow Art Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Forty-six prints by the renowned artist are on display at the Center's Sherman Smith Family Gallery.

Lukova's exhibition of powerful social commentary images is a precursor to the upcoming art events commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre. In conjunction with her exhibition, Ms. Lukova will lead a workshop with the art students at University of Tulsa, titled Legacy of Hope, where the participants will develop their own visual concepts about what the 1921 Massacre and the future of Tulsa mean to them.

Why the images in Luba Lukova’s Designing Justice are so visually appealing: saturated colors draw you in; hard edges clarify the dynamic shapes; and distilled compositions keep the eye locked into the picture plane. And, within her direct, elegantly streamlined images, Lukova has embedded the most essential element of all – a powerful message that gets people thinking.

​As you unpack the visual elements that are the foundation of each image, the profundity of the artist’s message seeps ever more deeply into your unconscious mind. By the time you look away, you have been reminded on a fundamental level that social issues all across the globe demand to be addressed – and changed – through the commitment of well-intentioned individuals. Lukova’s images help provide the inspiration for all of us to be a force for good in the world.

​Listen to Lukova's interview with Rich Fisher on NPR Tulsa.

The exhibition is sponsored by the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities; University of Tulsa, School of Art, Design and Art History; and Departments of Sociology and Media Studies.