The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Six Bardos: Hymn (Behind the Sun)
2018
(American, b. 1970)
printer
(American, b. 1968)
publisher
Image: 127.6 x 186.1 cm (50 1/4 x 73 1/4 in.)
© Julie Mehretu
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
The prints of the series to which this work belongs are among the largest prints ever created by their publisher, Gemini G.E.L.Description
Ethiopian-born contemporary artist Julie Mehretu draws from a wide range of source material, including maps, architectural renderings, found photography, and current events to create abstract images composed of gestural lines and forms. This print belongs to a series inspired by a trip to China’s Mogao Caves, each of which bear a title taken from Bardos—liminal states between life and death in Buddhism. Drawing from imagery such as calligraphy and ancient cave painting, the artist worked with a master printer to produce the etching in a large scale meant to create an absorptive experience for its viewer.- 2020(Gemini G.E.L.at Joni Moisant Weyl, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)2020-Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Salisbury, Britany. “Women in Print.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 61, no. 4 (Fall 2021): 22. Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 22Salsbury, Britany. "Women in Print: A celebration of works by contemporary artists.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 61, no. 4 (Fall 2021) 22. Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 22.
- Women in Print: Recent Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 16-June 19, 2022).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2020.285