Apocalyptic Angel 1976

Maria Bozoky made this work, Apocalyptic Angel, using watercolor and ink on paper. You know, when I look at this angel figure bursting out of the darkness, it feels like she's breaking through some kind of psychic barrier. I can almost see Bozoky in her studio, wrestling with her inner demons, using the push and pull of color to find her way through. That intense red against the cool blues and blacks? It's like a scream and a whisper at the same time. I wonder if she felt like she was in conversation with someone like Hilma af Klint, another artist who dove deep into the spiritual realm with her art. It's like they're both tapping into something beyond the everyday, trying to make sense of the big questions, one brushstroke at a time. And just like that, they invite us to join the conversation, to bring our own messy, imperfect selves to the table, and to find our own meaning in the dance between chaos and creation.