Work:

The work I chose was Stadia II by Julie Mehretu created in 2004 in the medium of ink and acrylic on canvas. Stadia II was created to explore issues of  national identity, power, commerce, entertainment, and conflict. Mehretu captured this by creating the feeling of stadium architecture in her piece along with the use of country flags and other graphic symbols. The flags and the way they are drawn so that some seem to be behind others is meant to give the piece a sense of time and a sense of group identity coming together. Stadia II was meant

I chose this work because when I saw it, I was immediately drawn towards it. The lines on the bottom seem to draw you towards the middle of the large canvas, and the bright colors and abstract lines were really appealing to me. What also interested me in the work, was that at first it had the quality that it looked like an intricate doodle one would see in a notebook and that really interested me.