"My approach tends to be from experiments. I need the challenge. If I know how to do something well, there's no need to do it all the time because it becomes a little monotonous. So I like to find a challenge."
"Citadel" (2005)
"Citadel," 2005
Ink and acrylic on canvas, 72 x 96 inches
Collection of Mellody Hobson
Photo by Erma Estwick
© Julie Mehretu
Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery
Ink and acrylic on canvas, 72 x 96 inches
Collection of Mellody Hobson
Photo by Erma Estwick
© Julie Mehretu
Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery
"As the works progress, the more the information is layered in a way that’s hard to decipher what is what. And that’s intentional. It’s almost like a screening out, creating a kind of skin or layer of just this information that we recognize. So if a building is from Baghdad or New York or Cairo it’s not so important. I don’t necessarily reveal which building is from which place."
-Julie Mehretu
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