Julie Mehretu - Empirical construction, Istanbul

What I really like about Julie Mehretu's work is her technique of layering multiple media. When the artist overlays the canvas with paint thats later overlayed with mark-makings with pen, pencils possibly ink. The markings give an impresion of a chaotic energy within the picture. There is a powerful element of architectural planning in this work that creates a abstract urban structure to it. Also I really like the strong architectural rendering of various shapes and lines in different colours giving it the right sense of urban movement , landscape perspective and the urban colour spectrum.