The film traces Ethiopian abstract artist Julie Mehretu’s preparations for her 20 year career retrospective, leading up to the installation and realization of the survey at LACMA in 2019. The artist offers extensive commentary on her work, her process, and the chronology of her career, from her graduate work at RISD (1996–97) to her current expansive multi-layered canvases.
Edgar Howard
Director
Susan Wald
Director
The Class of ‘9271%
McQueen74%
Love, Antosha74%
Directed by John Ford70%
Lionel Messi: Destiny78%
My Mom Jayne80%
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty77%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button69%
The Cheshire Murders65%
I Am Heath Ledger74%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
21 Up74%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
180° South72%
Public Speaking70%
Above Majestic73%
56 Up72%