Julie Mehretu: Palimpsest

(2021)

Genres: Documentary

Year: 2021

Runtime: 55 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Susan Wald, Edgar Howard

Cast: Julie Mehretu

Plot

The film traces Ethiopian abstract artist Julie Mehretu’s 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 (1996–97) to her current expansive multi-layered canvases.