"She is an anthropologist by training, and this becomes abundantly clear in the first few pages"
-(PIN-UP)
“Shot between scenes of her signature sparse and sunglass-clad choreography...She approaches dance as a kind of mapping, rendering new perspectives of these cities, offering portals into their pasts and futures”
-(HYPERALLERGIC)
Her ensemble of vessels made from broken glass found on the streets of Detroit suggest that preciousness and damage are inevitably intertwined”
-(NYTIMES)
Left to right
A_____ That Defies Gravity, no. 50-59 (2022)
Pale blue neon, palest blue neon
95 in x 72 in
A_____ That Defies Gravity, no. 130-139 (2022)
Mascarpone, dust, foam neon
95 in x 120 in
Photo by Clare Gatto
Installation Image from the solo exhibition, Maya Stovall: Sail, Reyes | Finn Detroit
Images © Maya Stovall courtesy Reyes | Finn, Parrasch Heijnen and the artist.
"Her work transcends the impossible definition of place"
-(ARTFORUM)
“For her dance is a means of disruption — taking place in unconventional spaces — as well as exchange, engaging onlookers who ask her questions”
-(HYPERALLERGIC)
"Her work evokes a feeling...as if it were beaming a message of truth into outer space...as prospective human relics"
-(ARTFORUM)
"Her works in the Whitney Biennial vividly juxtapose art and life"
-(NYTIMES)