Julie Mehretu: PalimpsestMovie
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.
About Julie Mehretu: Palimpsest
Julie Mehretu: Palimpsest is a 2021 documentary movie directed by Edgar Howard, Susan Wald.
The production information lists a runtime of 55m, production credits from United States of America, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Julie Mehretu. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
