Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens

courtesy of the artists; carlier | gebauer, Berlin and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
(photo: Rik Vannevel)

Julie Mehretu & Jessica Rankin
Earthfold

10/04/2016 - 12/06/2016

This spring we bring together the work of two artists who live and work in New York. In their work, both Julie Mehretu (b.1970) and Jessica Rankin (b.1971) play with the boundaries of abstract art and the momentum that occurs when lines, colours and surfaces come to depict, once again, a reality or an experience. While Mehretu primarily uses the metropolitan dynamic, Rankin reworks, among others, the typical compositions of geographical and astronomical maps into lively organisms. Both artists also play with different materials and various forms of composition and texture, which leads to very different outcomes.

Artist-book, design by Ben Weaver, printed by Cassochrome
Edition of 200 examples

visitor guide

floorplan

press - pictures Julie Mehretu

press - pictures Jessica Rankin

Julie Mehretu <i>Untitled</i> 2014<br />Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York

Julie Mehretu <i>Campaign (letter form, second)</i> 2014 (detail)<br />Private collection / Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodma

Julie Mehretu <i>Campaign (letter form, second)</i> 2014<br />Private collection / Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery

Julie Mehretu <i>Reflections on the Weight</i> 2008 (detail)<br />Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York

Julie Mehretu <i>Reflections on the Weight</i> 2008<br />Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York

Julie Mehretu <i>Palimpsest (old gods)</i> 2006<br />Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, New Yor

Julie Mehretu <i>Untitled (Two)</i> 1996<br />Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York

Jessica Rankin <I>Waxing Still)</i> 2010<br />Courtesy of the artist; White Cube, London and carlier | gebauer, Berlin

Jessica Rankin <I>Dear Another</i> 2013<br />Courtesy of the artist and White Cube, London

Jessica Rankin <I>Passage (Dusty Humming)</i> 2007 (detail)<br />Private Collection, Milan / Courtesy of the artist and White Cube,

Jessica Rankin <I>Passage (Dusty Humming)</i> 2007<br />Private Collection, Milan / Courtesy of the artist and White Cube, London

Jessica Rankin <I>Noesis</i> 2010<br />Courtesy of the artist; White Cube, London carlier | gebauer, Berlin

Jessica Rankin <I>Quis Est Iste Qui Venit</i> 2012<br />Courtesy of the artist and White Cube, London

Jessica Rankin <I>Fucking Sappho</i> 2015<br />Courtesy of the artist; White Cube, London and carlier | gebauer, Berlin