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| Dispersion, 2002, ink and acrylic on canvas |
Julie Mehretu's work combines aspects of cartography, architectural drawing, urban planning, and abstract painting. She creates energetic compositions with interesting lines and colored planes. Her art has been called animated urbanscapes.
She layers materials like Mylar, vellum, and semi-transparent paper. In addition to painting directly, she sprays acrylic medium with an airbrush.
Rather than classical renderings of environments, she presents them in unexpected ways, sometimes symbolizing not real space.
Her work has been discussed in terms of globalism: each individual layer can represent views and perspectives.
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