Ausstellungseröffnung und Sneak Peek: Julie Mehretu

In the organizer's words:

On the opening day of the "Julie Mehretu" exhibition at K21, exciting, free program items await you!

• 4 - 5:30 pm: Sneak peek tour for young adults with the artist Julie Mehretu (in English)
• 7 - 10 pm: Official opening of the exhibition at K21

Julie Mehretu
KAIROS / HAUNTOLOGICAL VARIATIONS
The Ethiopian-American artist Julie Mehretu (*1970, Addis Ababa) is one of the most influential painters of our time. With around 100 works, this largest survey exhibition in Germany to date shows the entire spectrum of Mehretu's work, from her early, urbanistic line drawings of the 1990s to her most recent, spectacular abstract paintings. Time-based media inspired by Mehretu's work will also be presented, including a music album, a documentary film and a video work. The exhibition shows Mehretu's creative process. She often takes media images of political events and historical settings as her starting point and translates them into abstract compositions, which she covers with notations, overpaintings and maskings. With a selection of Mehretu's reference material and works on paper, some of which have never been shown before, the exhibition at K21 contextualizes the conceptual thinking behind the artist's works.