Julie Mehretu. © Josefina Santos
Julie Mehretu and Gemini G.E.L.
GETTY CENTER
Saturday, June 8, 2024, from 4 pm - 5 pm
Harold M. Williams Auditorium
Free | Advance ticket required
Julie Mehretu's collaboration with Gemini G.E.L.—the acclaimed Los Angeles artists' workshop and publisher of limited-edition prints—began in 2008 with a small, single-color drypoint. Now counting eighteen projects, her printmaking at Gemini has since evolved to multi-plate, richly colored works of monumental scale and remarkable technical complexity that push the limits of the medium.
This conversation, moderated by curator Naoko Takahatake, will explore the central place of printmaking in Mehretu's creative practice, including reflections on the artist's work at Gemini, her collaboration with master printer Case Hudson and his team, and her friendship with Gemini co-founder Sidney B. Felsen.
This program compliments the exhibition First Came a Friendship: Sidney B. Felsen and the Artists at Gemini G.E.L., on view from February 20, 2024 through July 7, 2024. Exhibition galleries will be open before and after the program, and there will be a hosted reception from 6–7pm.
Major exhibition support from Jordan Schnitzer and the Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation
Julie Mehretu (b. 1970, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) is a world-renowned painter who lives and works in New York City. She is the recipient of a MacArthur Award (2005) and a US Department of State Medal of Arts Award (2015). Mehretu's work has been exhibited extensively in museums, biennials, and galleries and is represented in public and private collections. She has been making prints with Gemini G.E.L. since 2008.
Naoko Takahatake is director and chief curator of the UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts and is the curator of the Getty exhibition First Came a Friendship: Sidney B. Felsen and the Artists at Gemini G.E.L.
The conversation will be available on the Getty Research Institute YouTube channel following the event.
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