https://padlet.com/js3296/9rlhk1iqrj98 Stadia II en-us 2017-06-01 16:03:39 UTC 2024-08-14 08:38:01 UTC hello@padlet.com js3296 https://padlet.com/js3296/9rlhk1iqrj98/wish/174842479 Julie Mehretu created Stadia II in 2004, and based it off of the architecture of a stadium. The different colors represent the flags of different countries, which together symbolize people of different backgrounds coming together. The painting represents unity and the coming together of people. ]]> 2017-06-01 16:04:12 UTC https://padlet.com/js3296/9rlhk1iqrj98/wish/174842479 js3296 https://padlet.com/js3296/9rlhk1iqrj98/wish/174842490 Julie Mehretu was born in Ethiopia and moved to Michigan when she was 1977 for her father's job. Even though she lived in Ethiopia for a short time, it gave her a unique view and contributed to her love of travel in her later life. She worked a lot in Africa and Europe. ]]> 2017-06-01 16:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/js3296/9rlhk1iqrj98/wish/174842490 js3296 https://padlet.com/js3296/9rlhk1iqrj98/wish/174842585 2017-06-01 16:04:46 UTC https://padlet.com/js3296/9rlhk1iqrj98/wish/174842585 js3296 https://padlet.com/js3296/9rlhk1iqrj98/wish/174842682 Julie Mehretu was very influenced by Jackson Pollock, both by his scale and technique. Like a lot of American painter's Pollock and Mehretu both painted on very large canvases, and it was Pollock that influenced Mehretu to do so. While Mehretu does not do the drip style that Pollock does, she was very captivated by his use of color and energetic lines.]]> 2017-06-01 16:05:16 UTC https://padlet.com/js3296/9rlhk1iqrj98/wish/174842682 js3296 https://padlet.com/js3296/9rlhk1iqrj98/wish/174842735 Mehretu has two studios (one in Berlin and one in New York) that she splits her time between. The architecture of both cities inspire her and her paintings. Along with city plans, government and public buildings influence her and her art. She especially picks buildings that are special or unique to a city, like the Berlin Courts or the waterfront buildings in Venice. She also overlaid buildings on top of each other. ]]> 2017-06-01 16:05:34 UTC https://padlet.com/js3296/9rlhk1iqrj98/wish/174842735 js3296 https://padlet.com/js3296/9rlhk1iqrj98/wish/174842884 This view is similar of the stadium in London is very similar to the perspective Mehretu used in Stadia II. It shows both the people in the stadium and the track.

]]> 2017-06-01 16:06:18 UTC https://padlet.com/js3296/9rlhk1iqrj98/wish/174842884 js3296 https://padlet.com/js3296/9rlhk1iqrj98/wish/174843015 The energetic and quick lines in Stadia II represent movement, both of fans in the stand and athletes in the stadium. 

]]> 2017-06-01 16:06:47 UTC https://padlet.com/js3296/9rlhk1iqrj98/wish/174843015 js3296 https://padlet.com/js3296/9rlhk1iqrj98/wish/174843028 Mehretu's painting Empirical Construction: Istanbul was based off of the city plan of Istanbul. She was drawn towards old cities, like Istanbul, Venice, and Berlin because of her intent in construction and the start of civilizations. ]]> 2017-06-01 16:06:49 UTC https://padlet.com/js3296/9rlhk1iqrj98/wish/174843028 js3296 https://padlet.com/js3296/9rlhk1iqrj98/wish/174843051 Mehretu based her painting Berliner-Plätze on courts in Berlin. If you look closely at the paintings, you can sort of make out the arches. ]]> 2017-06-01 16:06:55 UTC https://padlet.com/js3296/9rlhk1iqrj98/wish/174843051 js3296 https://padlet.com/js3296/9rlhk1iqrj98/wish/174862062 "The paintings occurred in an intangible no-place: a blank terrain, an abstracted map space. As I continued to work I needed a context for the marks, the characters. By combining many types of architectural plans and drawings I tried to create a metaphoric, tectonic view of structural history. I wanted to bring my drawing into time and place"

]]> 2017-06-01 17:47:22 UTC https://padlet.com/js3296/9rlhk1iqrj98/wish/174862062 js3296 https://padlet.com/js3296/9rlhk1iqrj98/wish/174864896 Mehretu was very interested in architecture, but mainly in the first steps on construction. A lot of her work looks like a blue print. ]]> 2017-06-01 18:01:06 UTC https://padlet.com/js3296/9rlhk1iqrj98/wish/174864896 js3296 https://padlet.com/js3296/9rlhk1iqrj98/wish/174906512 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iejZMhJv030 ]]> 2017-06-02 01:15:55 UTC https://padlet.com/js3296/9rlhk1iqrj98/wish/174906512 js3296 https://padlet.com/js3296/9rlhk1iqrj98/wish/174976180 2017-06-02 13:28:49 UTC https://padlet.com/js3296/9rlhk1iqrj98/wish/174976180 js3296 https://padlet.com/js3296/9rlhk1iqrj98/wish/175381925 Julie Mehretu went to the Rhode Island School of Design where she obtained her master. Prior to school, Mehretu focused mainly on painting and drawing, but at the RISD, she experimented with many techniques including printmaking. Now, she uses multiple medias in her painting. ]]> 2017-06-06 13:11:03 UTC https://padlet.com/js3296/9rlhk1iqrj98/wish/175381925