Deša P. Vlahutin

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Maya Bansal plays on the societal superficiality of ‘beauty’ to capture

audiences and bring attention to the house that is on fire.

Using data and facts in her artwork to present information in a comprehensible

way, she aims to make her works as accessible as possible, enabling her messages to reach further and be deciphered more easily. She works with various media, including ceramics, metal, and glass, as well as media that ignite a more visceral reaction - such as sound and olfactory elements. Bansal captures the essence of a fairytale, embedding grave subject matters within enchanting visual narratives.

She positions her work to raise important issues as one would in conversation—

to whisper rather than shout—easing into more tense subjects vigilantly. To do

so, she blends modernist and postmodernist ideologies in her artworks to create

debates between optimism and scepticism. Interpretations of works grow and

evolve through engagement and begin to inform one another—acting as catalysts

for similar conversations.

Arranging her work with the golden ratio and chaos theory in mind, she reflects

its universal structure back at those who already possess it. Being foundational,

its structure reverberates through consciousness. Harnessing this, she creates an unconscious alignment between the work and the viewer—using that alignment to tap into an empathetic muscle, almost recreating elements of an experience regarding the subject matter, enabling audiences to empathise. Aiming to snowball and help promote change—and extinguish the fire.