Juxtapoz Magazine – Radio Juxtapoz, ep 085: Maya Hayuk is Weaving Ukrainian History Into Her Murals

Incidents happen—on function. I have heard that phrase ahead of and it feels affordable, nonetheless abstract adequate to advise daily existence. Ukrainian-American Maya Hayuk’s paintings are an elaborate stream of consciousness designed in a valiant endeavor to consist of an accident, and in the system, sense absolute and cost-free. For a long time, she has channeled the folk traditions of outsider artwork with graffiti and street art. Her studio paintings and murals truly feel improvised, but there is a narrative thread that operates all over: what is our existence if not opportunity, what is creativity if not a blurring of the lines in between approach and bursts of unchained energy? 

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ElevenEleven, or 11:11, is symbolic. It was also the identify of her previous solo exhibit in San Francisco in the Drop of 2021. Some say it really is an indication of cosmic enlightenment, some others use the time to signify building a desire. The conclusion amongst numerologists and spiritualists is that it can be a instant when we are our most open up, or consciousness is most exposed. You could discover time arbitrary, and most artists almost certainly obtain time to be so when they are in the depths of developing. When we sat down with Maya Hayuk in Belgium this previous spring in the course of The Crystal Ship pageant, we uncovered her the rare artist who freely normally takes this openness out in community. Her murals and do the job as a Barnstormer reworked the American landscape into one thing of a dizzyingly abstract desire. It opened minds to the chance of a new variety of muralism, one thing both folks and surreal. But this time, when we spoke with Maya, we spoke about Ukraine, about the importance of art as a symbol of peace, as a instrument of comprehending and protest, as an instrument of enthusiasm and perception, and enlightenment in a absolutely different way.

This job interview was made achievable thanks to The Crystal Ship Pageant and All About Things. Songs showcased in the episode – Polyphony Project and DakhaBrakha

The Radio Juxtapoz podcast is hosted by FIFTH WALL TV’s Doug Gillen and Juxtapoz editor, Evan Pricco. Episode 085 was recorded in early April 2022 in Ostend, Belgium. Follow us on @radiojuxtapoz