The erasure itself became the action. It seemed to suggest a moment in terms of how sad or pessimistic you can feel in a political environment or a historical situation. But it felt like a really hopeful gesture in the… — Julie Mehretu Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
