I 've got a wonderful piece of trivia re Julie mehretu. She grew up up the street from our house, right here in little old east lansing!
Her father, assefa mehretu was a prof of geography at msu—and, of course, originally Ethiopian.
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Kenneth Harrow
Dept of English and Film Studies
http://www.english.msu.edu/people/faculty/kenneth-harrow/
From: usaafricadialogue <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Funmi Tofowomo Okelola <funmitofowomo@gmail.com>
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Date: Monday, 9 October 2017 at 17:51
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Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: Julie Mehretu Talks Music, Manifest Destiny, and Her Massive Mural for SFMOMA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faRhMovR4MM
Artist Julie Mehretu talks about the concepts, processes, and implications of her "Stadia" series, including "Stadia III" in VMFA's permanent collection.
Artist Julie Mehretu @ VMFA
Prof,
Thanks for sharing.
Funmi Tofowomo Okelola
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On Monday, October 9, 2017 at 10:29:47 AM UTC-7, Kenneth Harrow wrote:
Gorgeous, amazing work of Julie Mehretu, artist of ethiopian and american origins.
I am playing at funmi here, to pass on something truly beautiful, by a very talent you African woman artist, now at the heights of her accomplishments and recognition.
Reflecting on "HOWL, eon (I, II)," her new commission for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Julie Mehretu talks about working at a huge scale, how live music affects her process, and how the 2016 election impacted her work. Read Here: https://hyperallergic.com/404301/julie-mehretu-mural-sfmoma/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sw
Kenneth Harrow
Dept of English and Film Studies
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