Maia Lys is a multidisciplinary artist who primarily produces bas-relief carvings. These works employ the aesthetics of the past to toy with the West’s perception of classical antiquity. This anachronistic approach seeks to critique the ideas that belie European history, myth, folklore, and esotericism through the appropriation of a visual language that is widely recognisable. In an era of utilitarian design and an ever-declining presence of artisan craftsmen, she aims to pastiche the intricate carvings no longer observed in architecture and, in some small way, resist the rising tide of minimalism.