Maya Hayuk at Gallery 16
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Words: Jenny McGee Dougherty
Photos: Eleni Murphy
Maya Hayuk, the Brooklyn-based Ukranian-American neon enthusiast, opened a solo show titled “Feeling Space” at Gallery 16 in San Francisco last weekend. Taking the “kaleidoscope eyes” concept one step further with this show, Huyuk adorned the gallery with Technicolor odes to granny like afgans and quilted bean bag chairs, which will make you feel right at home.
Multi-faceted doesn’t even begin to describe Hayuk’s work: muralist, painter, videographer, illustrator, activist. If you’ve ever looked at the mural on the outside of the Mollusk Surf Shop in Brooklyn and wondered “who did that?” here’s your answer (her studio is in the same building). She’s paved the way for the so-called “psych-folk” movement in the contemporary scene, in a seemingly effortless yet superbly punk rock style. Get lost in her drippy geometric weavings of ethereal desert visions–she’s bound to take you by surprise, one neon triangle at a time.
