Thursday, March 11, 2021

introducing Julie Mehretu by Sydney Vakili






Julie Mehretu was born in 1970 and is 51 years old. She was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, then she moved to Michigan then New York. 


Stadia II 2004 layered acrylic painting



Easy Dark 2007 layered acrylic painting


Auguries 2010 layered acrylic painting



She uses acrylic paint to make large gestural artwork. She builds layers of paint then adds oils, pencils, pens, and ink to create an image. She is considered a contemporary artist. She is associated with futurism and suprematism.


"That's what I'm interested in: the space in between, the moment of imagining what is possible and yet not knowing what that is." Julie  Mahretu.


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