A solo exhibition of new paintings by Julie Mehretu. Based on events ranging from the Charlottesville riots to the Catalonian election, the new works radiate a sense of urgency in troubled times through Mehretu’s signature abstract language.
Julie Mehretu makes large-scale, gestural paintings that are built up through layers of acrylic paint on canvas overlaid with mark-making using pencil, pen, ink and thick streams of paint. Mehretu’s work conveys a layering and compression of time, space and place and a collapse of art historical references, from the dynamism of the Italian Futurists and the geometric abstraction of Malevich to the enveloping scale of Abstract Expressionist colour field painting.
| Duration | 21 September 2018 - 03 November 2018 |
| Times | Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 6pm |
| Cost | Free |
| Venue | White Cube - Mason's Yard |
| Address | 25-26 Mason's Yard (Off Duke Street), London, SW1Y 6BU |
| Contact | 2079305373 / enquiries@whitecube.com / www.whitecube.com |