Tag: Egypt

Julie Mehretu: Cities in the maelstrom – an essay

Julie Mehretu is known for her vast abstract paintings referencing everything from capitalism and globalism to climate change. In this essay, we consider Mogamma, her four-part work looking at places that have been sites of public unrest, and explore the…
Elger Esser: ‘Beauty is not important; it’s a logical result in my opinion’

After his recent solo exhibition at Parasol Unit in London, Elger Esser talks about the relationship between Lebanon and Syria, having more in common with JMW Turner than Caspar David Friedrich, and how we are programmed to view landscapes as…