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Williams College Museum of Art Presents
Julie Mehretu: City Sitings
April 19–July 27, 2008
Press release
Julie Mehretu: City Sitings brings
together 11 of the artist’s monumental paintings. Mehretu’s compelling
canvases re-envision urban experience and rewrite narratives of exclusion, reconciling
divergent histories through her expansive, dynamic compositions. Inspired by
community, history and the built environment, Mehretu's paintings engage viewers
in her vision of metropolitan landscape.
Mehretu’s work evokes highly personalized, yet distinctly universal themes
that draw on her experiences as a citizen of the world and of the city. Born
in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, raised in Michigan and now a resident of New York City,
she employs a dynamic visual vocabulary that combines maps, urban grids, and
architectural renderings to articulate complex social and geopolitical structures.
The immense proportions, organic layering, and careful detail convey the complexities
of the urban environment.
This exhibition is organized by the Detroit Institute of Arts in collaboration
with Julie Mehretu. Support has been provided through generous grants from
the Joyce Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
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Julie Mehretu
Stadia II, 2004
ink
and acrylic on canvas
Carnegie
Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; Gift of Jeanne Greenberg
Rohatyn and Nicholas Rohatyn and A.W. Mellon Acquisition
Endowment Fund
Photo credit: Richard Stoner
Copyright 2007 Julie Mehretu
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Julie Mehretu
Grey Space (distractor), 2006
ink and acrylic on canvas
Collection of Nicolas Rohatyn
and Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, NY
Courtesy The Project
Photo credit: Erma Estwick
Copyright 2007 Julie Mehretu
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Julie Mehretu
Dispersion, 2002
ink and acrylic on canvas
Collection of Nicolas Rohatyn
and Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, NY
Courtesy of The Project
Photo credit: Erma Estwick
Copyright 2007 Julie Mehretu
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