October « 2022 « Arrested Motion

Recap: Maya Hayuk – ‘Spin Cycle’ @ Alice Gallery

Posted by feralthings, October 27, 2022

Last weekend saw the conclusion of Maya Hayuk‘s Spin Cycle exhibition at Alice Gallery in Brussels. The influence of Hayuk’s history, identify and personal narrative stand visually proud in her abstract compositions: the X’s are evocative of the cross-stitching her grandmother taught her as a child, the kaleidoscopic rainbow of colors underscores her sense of queer kinship and the visual engagement of her work reflects her long history of social activism. But, her use of multiple transparent and opaque layers take individual paintings far beyond […]

Auction/Benefit: Totally Hammered

Posted by feralthings, October 19, 2022

BombSquad, a York based non-profit art group, are currently running an auction entitled Totally Hammered in aid of York Food Bank. The Food Bank provide three days of nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to local people who are referred to them in crisis and they are part of a nationwide network of food banks whose work combating poverty and hunger is becoming increasingly important as the UK’s cost of living crisis deepens. There are 37 lots in total including a canvas by Al Diaz […]