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Julia Mehretu

Retopistics: A Renegade Excavation. 2001

Ink and acrylic on canvas

257.8 x 529.6 x 5.1 cm

Mehretu’s work was brought to my attention during a meeting with my supervisor. My earlier works were appearing 2D, where now I wanted to create 3D dimensionality. I looked at the large scale, layers, the multi dimensional space in the urban environment. I like how the neutral cream background makes the work spacial and airy and gives depth. I adopted this colour for my backgrounds in my paintings, ‘Meridian’ and ‘In Play’ to also create this effect.

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RETOPISTICS: A RENEGADE EXCAVATION, Julie Mehretu, 2001

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Julie Mehretu, “Retopistics: A Renegade Excavation,” 2001 

Ink and acrylic on canvas, 

101½ x 208½ inches / 257.2 x 529.5 cm). 

© Julie Mehretu / Erma Estwick

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Retopistics: A Renegade Excavation. Julie Mehretu. 2001.

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Julie Mehretu, Retopistics: A Renegade Evacuation, 2001 (top)

Untitled 2, 2001; Stadia II, 2004; Mogamma (A Painting in Four Parts), 2012

Julie Mehretu is an American contemporary visual artist, known for her multi-layered paintings of abstracted landscapes on a large scale. Her paintings, drawings, and prints depict the cumulative effects of urban sociopolitical changes. Mehretu is included in Time magazine 's 100 Most Influential People of 2020.

Because Mehretu builds her piece from multiple layers of figure and ground alike, the colors, shapes, and planar forms in Stadia II seem to be suspended between surfaces, and are often caught in a swirling motion around the axis of her compositions. The dynamism of the work makes reference to traffic patterns, wind and water currents, migrations, border crossings and travel.

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One of the paintings Cathy showed me this week contained expressive dashes of brush marks alongside drawn lines, which reminded me of two artists who came to prominence in the early 2000s. Matthew Ritchie says his paintings relate to his interest in science, philosophy, and religion, and his earlier paintings contained linear elements that remind me of marks drawn on a whiteboard during a lecture. Julie Mehretu’s colossal canvases contain explosive compositions of colored planes and various different lines. What interests me in the group of images you see above is the way that both artists have softened their imagery in recent years, in part by introducing hazy marks that appear to have been made with an airbrush or spray gun. 

Matthew Ritchie (British, lives in USA, b. 1964). M Theory 2000. Oil and felt-tip pen ink on canvas, 81 3/4 x 109 3/4 inches. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California.

Intelligent Designer 2017. Oil, ink, and wax on canvas; 50 x 54 inches. Source.

Julie Mehretu (American, born Ethiopia 1970). Retopistics: A Renegade Excavation 2001. Ink and acrylic on canvas, 101 1/2 x 208 1/2 inches. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. Source.

Conjured Parts (eye), Ferguson 2016. Ink and acrylic on canvas, 84 x 96 inches. Source.

Fugitive Breath Drawing 2018. Ink and acrylic on paper, 26 x 40 inches. Source.

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Julie Mehretu (b. 1970, living New York) Retopistics: A Renegade Excavation, 2001 ink and acrylic on canvas 257.2 x 529.5 cm https://art21.org/watch/extended-play/julie-mehretu-politicized-landscapes-short/

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10 Must-See LA Exhibitions in 2019: Julie Mehretu, Nayland Blake, Beatriz Cortez, and More

10 Must-See LA Exhibitions in 2019: Julie Mehretu, Nayland Blake, Beatriz Cortez, and More

Julie Mehretu, “Retopistics: A Renegade Evacuation” (2001), ink and acrylic on canvas, 102 × 216 inches (Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR; 2013.28, © Julie Mehretu, photo by Erma Estwick)

Julie Mehretu is a history painter for our contemporary, information-saturated age. The Ethiopia-born, New York-based artist creates densely-layered, large-scale canvases that depict grand…

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#Allen Ruppersberg #Beatriz Cortez #Julie Mehretu #L.A. Rebellion #Mariah Garnett #Nayland Blake #Shirin Neshat #Tomas Saraceno #Trenton Doyle Hancock

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Julie Mehretu. Retopistics. 🖼 (at LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7hGo2nBwmr/?igshid=bj1n5vprguaz

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Retopistics: A Renegade Excavation (2001) The Retopistics: A Renegade Excavation (2001), an art painting by Ethiopian-born artist Julie Mehretu who was best known for her densely layered abstract paintings, sold for $4.6 million at Christie’s New York in 2013. 🕳 ⚫️ ⚫️ #cooperspencerimages #artlovers #stoner #marble #artistsoninstagram #artists #lifestyle #digitalart #cleanlines #texture #nyc #fashionblogger #nyfwm #gentleman #manhattan #fashion #blogger #styleblogger #peoplescreatives #nyfwm #gentleman #manhattan #fashion #blogger #styleblogger #peoplescreatives #african (at New York, New York)

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Julie Mehretu, Retopistics: A Renegade Evacuation, 2001,

Ink and acrylic on canvas, 102 × 216 in. (259 × 548.6 cm), 

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville.

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