Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Julie Mehretu | Julie Mehretu

25.03.–08.08.2021

Comprising approximately thirty paintings and forty works on paper dating from 1996 to the present day, this mid-career survey of Julie Mehretu presents the most comprehensive overview of her practice to date. She plays with the parameters of abstraction, architecture, landscape, scale, and, most recently, figuration. At its core, Mehretu’s art is invested in our lived experiences, and examines how forces such as migration, capitalism, and climate change impact human populations—and possibilities.

Julie Mehretu is organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The exhibition is curated by Christine Y. Kim, curator of contemporary art at LACMA, with Rujeko Hockley, Arnhold Associate Curator at the Whitney.

 

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Installation Views

  • Julie Mehretu, exhibition view, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 24–August 8, 2021
    Photo © Ron Amstutz

  • Julie Mehretu, exhibition view, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 24–August 8, 2021
    Photo © Ron Amstutz

  • Julie Mehretu, exhibition view, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 24–August 8, 2021
    Photo © Ron Amstutz

  • Julie Mehretu, exhibition view, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 24–August 8, 2021
    Photo © Ron Amstutz

  • Julie Mehretu, exhibition view, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 24–August 8, 2021
    Photo © Ron Amstutz

  • Julie Mehretu, exhibition view, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 24–August 8, 2021
    Photo © Ron Amstutz

  • Julie Mehretu, exhibition view, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 24–August 8, 2021
    Photo © Ron Amstutz

  • Julie Mehretu, exhibition view, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 24–August 8, 2021
    Photo © Ron Amstutz

  • Julie Mehretu, exhibition view, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 24–August 8, 2021
    Photo © Ron Amstutz

  • Julie Mehretu, exhibition view at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020
    Photo: Museum Associates/LACMA

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