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Julie Mehretu: A Transcore of the Radical Imaginatory

The first exhibition dedicated to Julie Mehretu to be shown in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. Presented as part of the Sydney International Art Series 2024–25. Julie Mehretu (b. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1970) is one of today’s most acclaimed living painters. The New York artist’s first exhibition in Australia reveals her commitment to painting as a contemporary art form. It traces Mehretu’s ongoing engagement with abstraction as a richly layered language, informed by histories of art and mark-making across millennia, from Chinese ink painting and Japanese manga to rock art, literature and music. Blurring distinctions between abstraction and figuration, Mehretu’s paintings have a unique ability to inhabit the present moment. To experience them in person is nothing short of a visual and physical event. Her work speaks to the power of art to express the dynamic and intersecting movements of history, people and cultures that shape our understanding of the world. Curators: Suzanne Cotter and Jane Devery