Born in Ethiopia, Julie Mehretu is an artist who creates abstractions with layer after layer of markings that appear to be fragments of architectural plans. Her work is related to the Russian movment... Read full biography
Born in Ethiopia, Julie Mehretu is an artist who creates abstractions with layer after layer of markings that appear to be fragments of architectural plans. Her work is related to the Russian movment of Constructivism and suggests the life of a city---cars, people, and buildings. It reflects much... Read full biography
Born in Ethiopia, Julie Mehretu is an artist who creates abstractions with layer after layer of markings that appear to be fragments of architectural plans. Her work is related to the Russian movment of Constructivism and suggests the life of a city---cars, people, and buildings. It reflects much of what she observes from her Harlem studio and home ---"the velocity and fragmentation of modern life." (Sheets) . To create her pieces she has studio assistants and works with masking tape, light... Read full biography
Born in Ethiopia, Julie Mehretu is an artist who creates abstractions with layer after layer of markings that appear to be fragments of architectural plans. Her work is related to the Russian movment of Constructivism and suggests the life of a city---cars, people, and buildings. It reflects much of what she observes from her Harlem studio and home ---"the velocity and fragmentation of modern life." (Sheets) . To create her pieces she has studio assistants and works with masking tape, light projectors, and architectural plans. In the winter of 2006-2007, an exhibition of 20 of her works was at the Museo de Art Contemporáneo de Castilly y León in León, Spain, and from October 26 through January 15 of that same time period, she had a solo... Read full biography
Born in Ethiopia, Julie Mehretu is an artist who creates abstractions with layer after layer of markings that appear to be fragments of architectural plans. Her work is related to the Russian movment of Constructivism and suggests the life of a city---cars, people, and buildings. It reflects much of what she observes from her Harlem studio and home ---"the velocity and fragmentation of modern life." (Sheets) . To create her pieces she has studio assistants and works with masking tape, light projectors, and architectural plans. In the winter of 2006-2007, an exhibition of 20 of her works was at the Museo de Art Contemporáneo de Castilly y León in León, Spain, and from October 26 through January 15 of that same time period, she had a solo exhibition at the Seville Biennial. When she was seven years old, Mehretu moved to East Lansing,... Read full biography
Julie Mehretu - Artist Info
About Julie Mehretu: Books
Books & Publications (2)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 360 Views on the Collection (Exhibition catalog)
2016
Block, Judy and Suzanne Stein, Editors
360 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)