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MAYA HAYUK - 'XC', 2023

Analog Screen Print
15 x 22”/ 38 x 55 cm
8 Colors on 300 gsm Sommerset 100% cotton rag
Handprinted at X-Cottage, UK
Signed and numbered by the artist
Edition of 100
550€ + shipment
Get yours on Dec 6 at 6PM from Brussels
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No specific number request - thanks!


a few words by Maya about this print...

It’s been almost ten years since I released my VERY X screen print with Pictures on Walls in 2014, hand-printed in a London basement with a Master Printer and very dear friend. I think of this print, XC, as a little gem of a follow-up to that time and experience. XC was hand-printed in a bucolic setting on locally sourced paper while we fueled ourselves on tea and fresh eggs (which were totally rationalized as being vegan because those sweet hens are part of the earth and otherwise their lays would’ve gone to waste). Even though I myself am not a vegan, this really makes sense to me. So does drinking strong tea with good friends.

I named this print XC after X-Cottage, the name of the utopia where it was created. The “X” motif has long been present in my work and holds many deep, resounding meanings for me. My grandmother Slava taught me the cross-stitched embroidery her mother taught her and her mother’s mother taught her since the dawn of whatever. This practice dates back to Pagan times in Ukraine - the symbol “X” was for protection, which was easily adopted into Christianity there over a thousand years ago.

The “X” is a binary code that can create any shape, image or pattern. It’s the first gesture in building a bonfire. On one hand it’s a kiss; on the other it’s a nihilistic expression of the end or for prompting a negation. X marks the spot on a treasure map. X-ing out graffiti is generally considered a dick move (unless it’s to wipe out a swastika). X is what my generation called ecstasy/MDMA. The “X” in X-ray stands for the unknown, but I do know that X RAY SPEX were a great band. One “X” is the signature of someone who can’t write; put a few “X”’s in a row and you get some Ron Jeremy flick. “X” shapes were the basis of Underground Railroad markings and used currently in Urban Search and Rescue signage. An “X” crossed with another “X” forms a military hedgehog, a vital defense from attacks of fascist invaders. In other words, X is protection. Don’t even get me started.

 With that, I hope you like my new print.
 X
 Maya

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[Winks]

What’s an analog screen print then? 

[sevrin]

Dec 1, 2023 11:09:02 GMT 1 Winks said:

What’s an analog screen print then? 

I guess they mean 'Hand Pulled' as oppossed to 'Automated' the latter being much quicker, and not as hands on.

[avec art]

Possibly, but it might just be re-enforcing the point that it's not digitally produced like so many art prints these days. A screen print is definitely more desirable for many people.

[Londown 01]

My buying days are over, but this is a fine print!

[Gunny]

I don't get people paying 550 euro for a print like this.............. just saying.

[Happy Shopper]

Dec 1, 2023 11:09:02 GMT 1 Winks said:

What’s an analog screen print then? 

Usually when they say this they mean that each layer has been painted directly on the screens, or made layer by layer using the traditional photographic process, rather than digitally made screens.

[Londown 01]

Dec 1, 2023 13:26:02 GMT 1 Gunny said:

I don't get people paying 550 euro for a print like this.............. just saying.

Why not?
Its abstract art with a contemporary twist.
Nice edition size and printing technique.
Will look very flashy when its properly framed.
Has depth and you can get lost in it.


People pay thousands of dollars for shiny dibond printouts (yes I mean HENI releases) - so I'm surprised that you are surprised that people buy this.

[Gunny]

Dec 1, 2023 13:32:26 GMT 1 Londown 01 said:

Dec 1, 2023 13:26:02 GMT 1 Gunny said:

I don't get people paying 550 euro for a print like this.............. just saying.

Why not?
Its abstract art with a contemporary twist.
Nice edition size and printing technique.
Will look very flashy when its properly framed.
Has depth and you can get lost in it.


People pay thousands of dollars for shiny dibond printouts (yes I mean HENI releases) - so I'm surprised that you are surprised that people buy this.

I just don't like it, i don't like the colours actually, looks very pale against the white background.

[avec art]

Dec 1, 2023 13:29:10 GMT 1 Happy Shopper said:

Dec 1, 2023 11:09:02 GMT 1 Winks said:

What’s an analog screen print then? 

Usually when they say this they mean that each layer has been painted directly on the screens, or made layer by layer using the traditional photographic process, rather than digitally made screens.

You can see the acetates (with registration points) like normal screen printing. So not painted (in reverse) directly onto screens.

Although the acetates have been through a computer and so on, they can still remain faithful to the original design from the artist, such as the X's in this case.

[wompa]

Dec 1, 2023 13:44:09 GMT 1 Gunny said:

Dec 1, 2023 13:32:26 GMT 1 Londown 01 said:

Why not?
Its abstract art with a contemporary twist.
Nice edition size and printing technique.
Will look very flashy when its properly framed.
Has depth and you can get lost in it.


People pay thousands of dollars for shiny dibond printouts (yes I mean HENI releases) - so I'm surprised that you are surprised that people buy this.

I just don't like it, i don't like the colours actually, looks very pale against the white background.

lol

[natstan]

She's been at this same thing for close to a decade. I think it's time for her to move on a bit as an artist.

[jeeves]

Love it and think back to her best - POW days and specifically the Very X print. I think she did try to move on a bit but sadly much of the other stuff she tried was a miss for me