This drawing is part of a series of very early works on paper by Julie Mehretu on view in this exhibition. Her visual vocabulary refers to graphs and charts, usually used to represent a set of data, and prefigures the way future works will be structured. One can also decipher the key concerns the artist will root her artistic research in: how urban planning and architecture both structure and represent the social order and human exchanges of all nature.
Citadel, 2005. Tinta y acrílico sobre lienzo / ink and acrylic on canvas. 183 x 243,8 cm, Fundació Sorigué, Lérida.
