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

Mishaps happen—on function. I have listened to that phrase before and it feels acceptable, nevertheless summary enough to tell day-to-day existence. Ukrainian-American Maya Hayuk’s paintings are an elaborate stream of consciousness manufactured in a valiant attempt to incorporate an accident, and in the system, truly feel absolute and totally free. For a long time, she has channeled the folk traditions of outsider artwork with graffiti and avenue art. Her studio paintings and murals really feel improvised, but there is a narrative thread that operates all over: what is our existence if not prospect, what is creativity if not a blurring of the traces in between course of action and bursts of unchained electricity? 

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ElevenEleven, or 11:11, is symbolic. It was also the name of her final solo display in San Francisco in the Drop of 2021. Some say it truly is an indicator of cosmic enlightenment, other folks use the time to signify creating a wish. The summary among numerologists and spiritualists is that it is really a minute when we are our most open, or consciousness is most exposed. You might find time arbitrary, and most artists almost certainly come across time to be so when they are in the depths of making. When we sat down with Maya Hayuk in Belgium this previous spring during The Crystal Ship festival, we uncovered her the rare artist who freely will take this openness out in public. Her murals and perform as a Barnstormer reworked the American landscape into a thing of a dizzyingly abstract desire. It opened minds to the chance of a new kind of muralism, something the two people and surreal. But this time, when we spoke with Maya, we spoke about Ukraine, about the relevance of artwork as a image of peace, as a software of comprehending and protest, as an instrument of enthusiasm and perception, and enlightenment in a entirely diverse way.

This job interview was made achievable many thanks to The Crystal Ship Pageant and All About Matters. Tunes featured in the episode – Polyphony Venture 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