Stadia III (2004)
Julia Mehretu
ink and acrylic on canvas
This piece is meant to depict how the news and media made the Iraq war feel more like a video game than a real current event. Subtle explosions, building diagrams, and geometric shapes are subtly drawn in ink in the background, while bright, geometric acrylic shapes are painted in the foreground. The sporadic nature of the shapes offset the action in the background, and leave the viewer slightly confused without a focal point. Here is a closer view of the ink in the background:
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