Excerpt (suprematist evasion)

Artist Julie Mehretu (born 1970)

Date2003

MediumInk and acrylic on canvas

Dimensions32 1/8 × 54 1/8 × 1 1/4 in. (81.6 × 137.5 × 3.2 cm)

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LinePromised Gift to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas

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Label TextAt first glance, Julie Mehretu’s work may look like a chaotic, abstract explosion. Look closer. Tangled among the colorful geometric shapes and delicate line work are moments of recognition. Thin, connecting lines depict architectural structures, the scrawls of ink begin to look like plumes of smoke, and the bright jags of color all tilt in a shared direction. This work illustrates Mehretu’s desire to illustrate, “the multifaceted layers of place, space, and time that impact the formation of personal and community identity.”

A primera vista, esta obra puede parecer una explosión caótica y abstracta. Pero obsérvela más de cerca. Enredados entre las coloridas formas geométricas y las delicadas líneas encontramos momentos de reconocimiento. Las líneas finas que se conectan representan estructuras arquitectónicas; los garabatos de tinta se parecen a una cortina de humo, y las brillantes marcas de color se inclinan todas en la misma dirección; ilustrando su deseo por ilustrar “las capas multifacéticas del lugar, el espacio y el tiempo que afectan a la formación de la identidad personal y comunitaria”.
Inscribedverso, in pencil, u.l.: #2
Markingsverso, u.r.: WALKER / ART CENTER / 725 VINELAND PLACE MINNEAPOLIS MN 55403 / Julie Mehretu: Drawing into Painting / Walker Art Center, Minneapolis: April 6 - August 10, 2003 / Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art: September 20 - November 9, 2003 / Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo: January 24 - March 28, 2004 / CalArts Gallery at REDCAT, Los Angeles: June 10 - August 8, 2004 / Checklist No. 9 Crate No. 4 / julie Mehretu / Excerpt (suprematist evasion) / 2003 / ink, acrylic on canvas / Collection Nicolas and Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, New York
verso, c.r.: DIRECTLY AHEAD / ASPEN ART MUSEUM / 590 NORTH MILL STREET ASPEN CO 81611 / BELIEF & DOUBT / August 4 - October 1, 2006 / Julie Mehretu / Excerpt (suprematist evasion), 2003 / Ink and acrylic on canvas / 32 x 54 inches / Private Collection, New York, NY
verso, c.r.: LAC / Lambert Art Collection / ARTIST: MEHRETU Julie / TITLE: EXCERPT (SUPREMATIST EVASION) / DATE: 2003 / SIZE (cm): 81, 3 x 137, 2 cm / 32 x 54 inches / INV. No: 1038
verso, l.r.: [barcode] / pcs1 / 7GLMC / 40185842 / ECTP / JULIE MEHRETU: Excerpt (Supremacist