In a paragraph respond to the following three questions.
In Julie Mehretu’s painting Mural, is the subject representational or abstract? Explain.
How does Mehretu arrange the visual elements (i.e. form) in this composition? What elements (line, shape, value, light, color, space, texture) are most prominent and how are they used?
In your opinion, what is the underlying meaning of the painting (i.e. content)? What message does the artist convey?
Form & Content: Julie Mehretu’s Mural
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Julie Mehretu
b. 1970 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Lives and works in New York
Education:
Bachelor of Arts degree – Kalamazoo College, Michigan 1992
Master of Fine Arts degree – Rhode Island School of Design, Rhode Island 1997
“Mehretu’s paintings and drawings refer to elements of mapping and architecture, achieving a
calligraphic complexity that resembles turbulent atmospheres and dense social networks. Architectural
renderings and aerial views of urban grids enter the work as fragments, losing their real-world specificity
and challenging narrow geographic and cultural readings. The paintings’ wax-like surfaces—built up
over weeks and months in thin translucent layers—have a luminous warmth and spatial depth. Their
formal qualities of light and space are made all the more complex by Mehretu’s delicate depictions of
fire, explosions, and perspectives in both two and three dimensions. Her works engage the history of
nonobjective art—from Constructivism to Futurism—posing contemporary questions about the
relationship between utopian impulses and abstraction ”
relationship between utopian impulses and abstraction.
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Julie Mehretu, Mural. 2009
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Julie Mehretu, Mural. 2009 (Detail showing architecture)
Julie Mehretu, Mural. 2009 Installation View
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Form & Content: Julie Mehretu’s Mural
Discuss what you think the form and content are of Julie Mehretu’s
painting Mural.
Below is an excerpt from Chapter 1 describing what is meant by both form and content.
“Two basic considerations we need to be acquainted with are form: the physical and
visible characteristics inherent in works of art, and content: the meaning we derive from them.
Formal distinctions include a work’s size, medium (painting, drawing, sculpture or other kind of work)
and descriptions of compositional elements, such as the lines, shapes, and colors involved. Issues of
content include any visual clues that provide an understanding of what the art tells us. Sometimes an
artwork’s content is vague or hidden and needs more information than is present in the work itself.
Ultimately these two terms are roped together in the climb to understand what art has to offer us.”
In a paragraph respond to the following three questions.
1. In Julie Mehretu’s painting Mural, is the subject representational or abstract? Explain.
2. How does Mehretu arrange the visual elements (i.e. form) in this composition? What elements (line,
shape, value, light, color, space, texture) are most prominent and how are they used?
3. In your opinion, what is the underlying meaning of the painting (i.e. content)? What message does
the artist convey?
Total Points: 30
Criteria Ratings Pts
10 pts
15 pts
5 pts
Define the painting as it relates to representational and abstract subjects.
Analyze the painting based on its formal properties.
Interpret the ideas being communicated by analyzing the visual elements and principles of
design
threshold: 3.0 pts
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