The erasure itself became the action. It seemed to suggest a moment in terms of how sad or … - Julie Mehretu

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Between believing a thing and thinking you KNOW is only a small step and quickly taken.

Julie Mehretu

The erasure itself became the action. It seemed to suggest a moment in terms of how sad or pessimistic you can feel in a political environment or a historical situation. But it felt like a really hopeful gesture in the painting.

Historical, Hopeful, Painting, Pessimistic, Political, Seemed

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That's what I'm interested in: the space in between, the moment of imagining what is possible and yet not knowing what that is.

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I'm not trying to spell out a story. I still think you feel the painting, and the reason you read the mark is because you also feel the mark.

Read, Reason, Spell, Stories, Thinking, Trying

You're not just this person who's from your own specific experiences, but the collective experience of what makes you who you are because of time.

Collective, Collectives, Experiences, Persons, Time, Who You Are

People look at film in a gallery, and if they walk out after two minutes they know they haven't seen the whole work. But then people look at a painting for two minutes and think they've seen it. Certain paintings are made to be consumed fast. But some require a slowed-down time. You have to go back to them.

Painting, People, Thinking, Two, Work

I don't ever work in a way where something is an illustration of an event, but when something is occurring at the same time I see it as very informed by that.

Event, Events, Illustration, Occurring, Same, Way

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