Julie Mehretu

Mar 25–Aug 8, 2021

An abstract painting with geometric shapes and swirls of color on a beige background.
An abstract painting with geometric shapes and swirls of color on a beige background.

Julie Mehretu, Retopistics: A Renegade Excavation, 2001. Ink and acrylic on canvas, 101 1/2 × 208 1/2 in. (257.81 × 529.59 cm). Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR; 2013.28. © Julie Mehretu

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