Entropia (review)
2004
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View on museum website →Medium
color screenprint and lithograph on Arches 88 paper
Dimensions
image: 74 x 101.3 cm (29 1/8 x 39 7/8 in.) overall: 85.1 x 111.8 cm (33 1/2 x 44 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Thomas G. Klarner Collection, Gift of Neal Turtell
Accession Number
2018.24.1
Art Historical Context
Julie Mehretu’s *Entropia ()* (2004) is a dynamic color screenprint and lithograph on luxurious Arches 88 paper measuring 74 x 101.3 cm in its image area. Housed in the National Gallery of Art as part of the Thomas G Klarner Collection (gift of Neal Turt), this print exemplifies Mehretu’s mastery of layered abstraction. Born in Ethiopia and based in the United States,retu emerged in the early 2000s as a leading figure in contemporary art, blending influences from Abstract Expressionism, architecture, and global histories into vast, turbulent compositions. Mehretu’s works often evoke entropy—t...