Julie Mehretu: A Transcore of the Radical Imaginatory
Edited with text by Suzanne Cotter. Text by Daniel Boyd, Jane Devery, Erik Morse, Julie Mehretu.
New paintings and previously unseen works from the multilayered oeuvre of Julie Mehretu, combining international histories with a global, forward-looking consciousness
Drawing from inspirations as varied as Japanese manga, Ethiopian illuminated manuscripts, Baroque engravings, Futurism and Suprematism, American artist Julie Mehretu (born 1970) mixes these influences into colossal canvases resembling futuristic worlds. While grounded in histories of art and architecture, they also speak to urgent contemporary issues such as revolution, migration, global capitalism and climate change. Published to follow the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia's major career survey, A Transcore of the Radical Imaginatory includes monumental and medium-format works, such as the artist's most recent TRANSpaintings, together with works on paper from the mid-1990s to the present. Many of these works have never been exhibited, meaning that this catalog will provide new scholarship on an artist regarded as one of the most significant painters of her generation.
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FORMAT: Hbk, 9.5 x 12 in. / 240 pgs / 226 color. LIST PRICE: U.S. $55.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $78 ISBN: 9783775759281 PUBLISHER: Hatje Cantz AVAILABLE: 7/1/2025 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Active AVAILABILITY: Out of stock TERRITORY: NA LA
Julie Mehretu: A Transcore of the Radical Imaginatory
Published by Hatje Cantz. Edited with text by Suzanne Cotter. Text by Daniel Boyd, Jane Devery, Erik Morse, Julie Mehretu.
New paintings and previously unseen works from the multilayered oeuvre of Julie Mehretu, combining international histories with a global, forward-looking consciousness
Drawing from inspirations as varied as Japanese manga, Ethiopian illuminated manuscripts, Baroque engravings, Futurism and Suprematism, American artist Julie Mehretu (born 1970) mixes these influences into colossal canvases resembling futuristic worlds. While grounded in histories of art and architecture, they also speak to urgent contemporary issues such as revolution, migration, global capitalism and climate change. Published to follow the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia's major career survey, A Transcore of the Radical Imaginatory includes monumental and medium-format works, such as the artist's most recent TRANSpaintings, together with works on paper from the mid-1990s to the present. Many of these works have never been exhibited, meaning that this catalog will provide new scholarship on an artist regarded as one of the most significant painters of her generation.
