About The Work
On her large-scale canvases and murals, Julie Mehretu layers, erases, and relayers ink, pencil, and acrylic paint (sometimes sprayed or screen-printed) in a manner that conjures the dynamism of the Futurists, the scale and physicality of Abstract Expressionism, and the divergent mark-making of Albrecht Dürer, Eastern calligraphy, and graffiti. Mehretu uses her eclectic mix of styles to explore the history and politics of the urban environment; her source material has included architectural plans, city maps, and photographs, which she has transposed onto her massive canvases via projection.
About Julie Mehretu
From The Magazine
- Interviews & Features: IFPDA Print Fair Preview - An Interview with Gemini G.E.L. at Joni Moisant Weyl
- Interviews & Features: IFPDA Print Fair Preview - An Interview with BORCH Editions
- Interviews & Features: What to expect from Frieze London
- Interviews & Features: Ten Gemini G.E.L. Prints to Mark Ten Years Of Artspace
- Interviews & Features: "We have an opportunity to not just 'return to normal' but to create a new normal" – Glennda Testone
Relief print from letterpress plate on Italian mould-made Revere paper
14.96 x 20.00 in
38.0 x 50.8 cm
This work is signed and numbered on the front.
About The Work
On her large-scale canvases and murals, Julie Mehretu layers, erases, and relayers ink, pencil, and acrylic paint (sometimes sprayed or screen-printed) in a manner that conjures the dynamism of the Futurists, the scale and physicality of Abstract Expressionism, and the divergent mark-making of Albrecht Dürer, Eastern calligraphy, and graffiti. Mehretu uses her eclectic mix of styles to explore the history and politics of the urban environment; her source material has included architectural plans, city maps, and photographs, which she has transposed onto her massive canvases via projection.
About Julie Mehretu
From The Magazine
- Interviews & Features: IFPDA Print Fair Preview - An Interview with Gemini G.E.L. at Joni Moisant Weyl
- Interviews & Features: IFPDA Print Fair Preview - An Interview with BORCH Editions
- Interviews & Features: What to expect from Frieze London
- Interviews & Features: Ten Gemini G.E.L. Prints to Mark Ten Years Of Artspace
- Interviews & Features: "We have an opportunity to not just 'return to normal' but to create a new normal" – Glennda Testone
Artwork in excellent condition. Barely visible creasing along very edges of top corners.
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