Julie mehretu

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Julie Mehretu makes large-scale, gestural paintings that are built up through layers of acrylic paint on canvas overlaid with pencil, pen and ink.

Art History Course Julie Mehretu: Agora Painter | Whitney Museum of American Art

Julie Mehretu b 1970, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.This phenomenally meteoric, contemporary African artist is best known for her dense, layered abstract art..

Julie Mehretu’s HOWL, "eon" (I, II) (2017) is an expansive exploration of the American West — its transcendent landscapes and violent colonial history.

Julie Mehretu is the artist’s first comprehensive survey exhibition featuring her meticulously crafted paintings, drawings, and prints.

The Guggenheim Musuem’s newest exhibit features the work of Julie Mehretu, an abstract painter best known for her densely-layered paintings. Her...

A new retrospective in November at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art traces Julie Mehretu’s career creating epic, lyrical works that are literally ripped from the headlines