Maija Kurševa

Maija Kurševa works in various media (drawing, silkscreen printing, illustration, installations etc.), but drawing is usually at the core of her ideas. In her early works, Kurševa synthesised her style, extensively employing comics and elements of teenage urban subculture. In the series “The Three-Legged Apparition” the artist has created a chain of vivid, mutually unrelated episodes where funny, humanoid mutants attack each other, curse each other, vomit and assume pornographic poses in a hallucinogenic world. Destructive motifs featuring violence, erotica and addiction intertwine with absurd situations. Scribblings in notebooks offer a glimpse into the artist’s train of thought and the graphic evolution of her characters. 

The installation “Serial” is a work from a later period, the central theme of which is the process of creating an artwork from the technological and practical viewpoint. Self-reflection regarding creative activity and productivity as well as stillness, observation and the stream of thought are still key subjects for the artist.

Serial. 2013.

Four diaries: 2008-1, 2009-1, 2009-2, 2010.

16 graphics from the series “The Three-Legged Apparition“. 2010.