The earlier, more analytic impulse was to use very rational but kind of absurd techniques or tendencies—mapping, charting, and architecture—to try and make sense of who I was in my time and space and political environment. But there’s only so… — Julie Mehretu Copy Share Image
The investigation of making is illuminating towards that moment rather than the other way around, a reversal of the way that I would approach… — Julie Mehretu Copy Share
The erasure itself became the action. It seemed to suggest a moment in terms of how sad or pessimistic you can feel in a… — Julie Mehretu Copy Share
When you're not a mom, you can get up in the middle of the night, paint, sleep all morning... you can't do that when… — Julie Mehretu Copy Share
People look at film in a gallery, and if they walk out after two minutes they know they haven't seen the whole work. But… — Julie Mehretu Copy Share
That's what I'm interested in: the space in between, the moment of imagining what is possible and yet not knowing what that is. — Julie Mehretu Copy Share
I always wanted to be an artist, but I didn't really know how someone could make a life out it. — Julie Mehretu Copy Share
The earlier, more analytic impulse was to use very rational but kind of absurd techniques or tendencies—mapping, charting, and architecture—to try and make sense… — Julie Mehretu Copy Share
I'm not trying to spell out a story. I still think you feel the painting, and the reason you read the mark is because… — Julie Mehretu Copy Share
You're not just this person who's from your own specific experiences, but the collective experience of what makes you who you are because of… — Julie Mehretu Copy Share
I don't ever work in a way where something is an illustration of an event, but when something is occurring at the same time… — Julie Mehretu Copy Share
