https://padlet.com/juliadeschnyc/kszzdet5wjrk By Julia Desch en-us 2017-05-31 15:51:51 UTC 2025-04-02 20:42:06 UTC hello@padlet.com juliadeschnyc https://padlet.com/juliadeschnyc/kszzdet5wjrk/wish/174651321 Created in 2004
This large scale and abstract piece displays the issues going on in our world. Mehretu often uses her life experiences and worldly concerns through art. This piece is a perfect example of that.]]> 2017-05-31 15:54:24 UTC https://padlet.com/juliadeschnyc/kszzdet5wjrk/wish/174651321 juliadeschnyc https://padlet.com/juliadeschnyc/kszzdet5wjrk/wish/174653509 Mehretu attended the Rhode Island School Of Design where she took the painting and printmaking program. She eventually earned a Masters of Fine Arts Degree in  1997. ]]> 2017-05-31 16:03:34 UTC https://padlet.com/juliadeschnyc/kszzdet5wjrk/wish/174653509 juliadeschnyc https://padlet.com/juliadeschnyc/kszzdet5wjrk/wish/174695986 2017-05-31 19:46:01 UTC https://padlet.com/juliadeschnyc/kszzdet5wjrk/wish/174695986 juliadeschnyc https://padlet.com/juliadeschnyc/kszzdet5wjrk/wish/174696320 "People look at a film in a galley, and if they walk out after two minutes they know they haven't seen the whole work. But then people look at a painting for two minutes and think they've seen it. Certain paintings are made to be consumed fast. but some require a slowed-down time. You have to go back to them"
-Julia Mehretu]]> 2017-05-31 19:48:34 UTC https://padlet.com/juliadeschnyc/kszzdet5wjrk/wish/174696320 juliadeschnyc https://padlet.com/juliadeschnyc/kszzdet5wjrk/wish/174697583 Created in 2010
All of Mehretu's work share a similar geometric structure that organizes the painting. The precise methods that Mehretu chose to display each piece is shown in this work especially. The different sections of the work create a clear image of Mehretu's process and show how her canvas was truly her map.]]> 2017-05-31 19:57:52 UTC https://padlet.com/juliadeschnyc/kszzdet5wjrk/wish/174697583 juliadeschnyc https://padlet.com/juliadeschnyc/kszzdet5wjrk/wish/174699229 Mehretu was born in Ethiopia. Her family fled when she was a young child and moved to Michigan. Since then, Mehretu has traveled all over the world for both school and her work.  During her travels, Mehretu has observed the world and issues around her. She uses what she has seen and experienced and portrays it through her paintings]]> 2017-05-31 20:10:15 UTC https://padlet.com/juliadeschnyc/kszzdet5wjrk/wish/174699229 juliadeschnyc https://padlet.com/juliadeschnyc/kszzdet5wjrk/wish/174836624 2017-06-01 15:34:06 UTC https://padlet.com/juliadeschnyc/kszzdet5wjrk/wish/174836624 juliadeschnyc https://padlet.com/juliadeschnyc/kszzdet5wjrk/wish/175126850 Artist Peter Halley's work is similar to the work of Mehretu. The use of geometric patterns and mapping out of the figures heavily influences Halley's work as well. ]]> 2017-06-04 19:18:16 UTC https://padlet.com/juliadeschnyc/kszzdet5wjrk/wish/175126850