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Julie Mehretu
Resonating Beyond Formal Qualities

by Jody Zellen | Feb 8, 2020 | Reviews

Julie Mehretu Los Angeles County Museum of Art November 3, 2019 – March 22, 2020 While Julie Mehretu‘s works appear to be geometric abstractions, they are rooted in representation. Mehretu culls through the media and often uses news imagery as the basis of her...

Robert Rauschenberg: ‘The 1/4 Mile or 2 Furlong Piece’
A Career Encapsulated

by Jody Zellen | May 24, 2019 | Reviews

Robert Rauschenberg The 1/4 Mile or 2 Furlong Piece LACMA October 28, 2018 – June 9, 2019 How to picture 1/4 mile? Exactly how far is it? A 1/4 mile is one lap around a track. Imagine artworks placed side by side along that perimeter…it is quite a distance to...