Julie
Mehretu
Julie
Mehretu
Mehretu
Ethiopian, born in 1970
Julie Mehretu’s paintings are comparable to huge atlases saturated with lines, colours, planes and geometric patterns. They evoke the complexity of the contemporary world, where everything is being reconfigured. The spaces she creates are more chaotic than rational, "narrative maps of places that do not exist", in her words.
Exploring the city and architecture, Mehretu paints large, vibrant pictures with superimposed layers of acrylic, pencil and ink based on archival sources. Born in 1970 in Ethiopia, she emerged on the New York scene in the mid-1990s, swiftly becoming an artist to be reckoned with. Her reflections focus on social history, geological time, phenomenology and contemporary experience.
Mehretu's works in the Pinault Collection were first displayed during the 2009 “Qui a peur des artistes ?” ("Who’s Afraid of Artists?") show at the Palais des Arts in Dinard.
Exploring the city and architecture, Mehretu paints large, vibrant pictures with superimposed layers of acrylic, pencil and ink based on archival sources. Born in 1970 in Ethiopia, she emerged on the New York scene in the mid-1990s, swiftly becoming an artist to be reckoned with. Her reflections focus on social history, geological time, phenomenology and contemporary experience.
Mehretu's works in the Pinault Collection were first displayed during the 2009 “Qui a peur des artistes ?” ("Who’s Afraid of Artists?") show at the Palais des Arts in Dinard.
