Location: Bus Stop at Rayleigh & Broadway. (across from 200 Lashley)
Photos: Peter Kowalchuk
"Let Us Be. At Peace." Mural Statement
This mural is part of Bumbakini's Love Body Series, this work intended purpose is to broaden and vary how black bodies are depicted and viewed within the conversation of visual arts and the urban landscape. I am deconstructing and reconstructing seemingly silhouetted black bodies/forms in both grotesque and aesthetically — pleasing forms in the hopes that this sparks an inner-monologue with the viewer about their own ideas surrounding the “Black Body.
About the Artist
Lio Bumba (BUMBAKiNi) is a self-taught artist who brings a global view to the Denver art scene. Of Congolese descent, he boldly envisions the modern American experience from a black man’s perspective in swaths of folkloric imagery inspired by his African descent, European upbringing, and the decade he’s now spent based out of Colorado. His works range between paintings, drawings, mixed-media; to digital and performative art installations.
THANK YOU
to the City of Boulder, & the Office of Arts & Culture for hosting and sponsoring this mural!