Julie Mehretu: Palimpsest
57min
The film traces Ethiopian abstract artist Julie Mehretuโs preparations for her 20 year career retrospective, leading up to the installation and realization of the survey at LACMA in 2019. The artist offers extensive commentary on her work, her process, and the chronology of her career, from her graduate work at RISD (1996โ97) to her current expansive multi-layered canvases.