Photo By Gail

Maya Hayuk’s Fuck is a rearranged mural she originally painted in Coney Island in 2015 and later specifically designed for Beyond the Streets Los Angeles in 2018. Inspired by the precise language of Jenny Holzer‘s electronic Installations, Hayuk reworked the painting on-site to read as a defiant and empowering declaration.

Hayuk’s paintings and massively scaled murals weave visual information from her immediate surroundings into elaborate, improvised abstractions. Born in Baltimore to Ukrainian immigrant parents, she moved to San Francisco in 1991, where she became immersed in the city’s Renaissance of art, music and activism. Since 2002, Hayuk has been based in Brooklyn, maintaining an independent studio practice while painting, iconic murals all over the world.

Photographed at 2019 the Beyond the Streets Exhibition in Brooklyn.