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Julie Mehretu — Stadia Excerpt (a small resurgence)
Julie Mehretu

Stadia Excerpt (a small resurgence)

A dynamic web of architectural fragments, gestural marks, and layered translucent fields collide across the canvas in Mehretu's signature choreography of abstraction. Ink lines trace the ghostly remnants of stadium blueprints and urban infrastructures beneath sweeping acrylic washes, creating a tension between structure and dissolution. The work pulses with a sense of collective energy and displacement, evoking the charged atmosphere of mass gathering spaces and the histories embedded within them.

Medium
ink, acrylic on canvas, laid over wood panel

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Contemporary Art Evening Sale

November 13, 2014

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Julie Mehretu, Stadia Excerpt (a small resurgence)

A dynamic web of architectural fragments, gestural marks, and layered translucent fields collide across the canvas in Mehretu's signature choreography of abstraction. Ink lines trace the ghostly remnants of stadium blueprints and urban infrastructures beneath sweeping acrylic washes, creating a tension between structure and dissolution. The work pulses with a sense of collective energy and displacement, evoking the charged atmosphere of mass gathering spaces and the histories embedded within them.

Medium
ink, acrylic on canvas, laid over wood panel
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Dynamic Composition, Layered Mark-Making, Abstract Art, Contemporary Artist, American Artist, Abstract Expressionism, Gestural Abstraction, Architectural Imagery, Canvas On Panel, Established Artist, Female Artist, Ink And Acrylic

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Alex Capecelatro, Hamilton Selway Gallery