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Julie Mehretu

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Julie Mehretu (Born 1970) is active/lives in New York / Ethiopia.  Julie Mehretu is known for Large-scale abstract gestural painting, architectural themes.

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, Michigan where her father took a teaching position at Michigan State University.  In 1992, sh   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 8616 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Julie Mehretu

   Publications  Book References:  2
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10 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Julie Mehretu
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Art & Auction Julie Mehretu October 2006 Sheets, Hilarie Yes
ARTFORUM Summer Preview 2005 May 2005 ArtForum Editors Yes
Art in America Front Page June 2004 Editors, Art in America Yes
Art in America Report from New York June 2004 Heartney, Eleanor No
Art in America Full-Throttle Abstract June 2004 Hirsch, Faye Yes
Art & Auction The Illusion of Youth June 2004 Spiegler, Marc Yes
Art in America Artworld February 2004 Cash, S & Ebony, D Yes
Art & Auction The New Abstractionists July 2003 Wilson-Goldie, Kaelen Yes
Art in America Review of Exhibitions March 2002 Editors, ARTnews Yes
ARTnews 10 Artists to Watch March 2002 Editors, ARTnews No
2 Book References for Julie Mehretu
Year Author Title Pages Color
2016 Block, Judy and Suzanne Stein, Editors San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 360 Views on the Collection
(Exhibition catalog)		 360 Yes
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
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