{"id":413,"date":"2022-09-12T14:40:29","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T14:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrainianartists.org\/?p=413"},"modified":"2022-09-30T15:55:59","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T15:55:59","slug":"maya-hayuk-frontline-flashpoints-facing-east-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrainianartists.org\/index.php\/2022\/09\/12\/maya-hayuk-frontline-flashpoints-facing-east-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Maya Hayuk: Frontline Flashpoints Facing East, Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brooklyn Abstraction: Four Artists, Four Walls<\/strong>
\nAugust 12, 2022\u2013August 6, 2023<\/em>
\nBeaux-Arts Court, 3rd Floor<\/p>\n

Maya Hayuk presents her new modular installation 70 x 15\u2019 (21 x 4.5m) at The Brooklyn Museum, New York. \u201cFrontline Flashpoints Facing East, Ukraine\u201d, 2022, portrays abstracted physical and psychological landscapes of the war\u2019s front line, simulating the flash points of explosions intersecting with the hope of sunrise over a distorted horizon line. The work references the Ukrainian flag\u2019s minimalist symbolism of a field of wheat under a clear blue sky through the lens of PTSD \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6<\/p>\n

This installation of works by Maya Hayuk, Jos\u00e9 Parl\u00e1, Kennedy Yanko, and the late Leon Polk Smith\u2014four artists with strong connections to Brooklyn\u2014creates a dynamic environment through four distinct, visually immersive experiences. Animating the monumental architecture of the Museum\u2019s Beaux-Arts Court, each artist transforms the iconic space with brilliant and subtle colors, intriguing surfaces, and wide-ranging materials.<\/p>\n

The Museum\u2019s considerable collection of hard-edge paintings by Smith, which sharply delineate the shaped canvases, serves as the impetus for the installation. The newly created works by the three living artists, all of whom work in Brooklyn today, similarly engage with space in innovative ways: Hayuk with her tactile, abstract modular pieces; Parl\u00e1 with his large environmental paintings; and Yanko with her metal and paint sculptures.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn Museum<\/strong>
\n200 Eastern Parkway
\nBrooklyn, New York 11238-6052
\nWed – Sun 11 am\u20136 pm<\/p>\n

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