KAIRO LUMUMBA

KAIRO LUMUMBA IS AN EGYPTIAN PAINTER WHOSE INSTINCT FOR SELF-EXPRESSION FOUND ITS RHYTHM IN VISUAL ART, A LANGUAGE THROUGH WHICH HE TELLS STORIES THAT WORDS CAN’T HOLD. THOUGH HE’S BEEN DRAWING FOR AS LONG AS HE CAN REMEMBER, IT WAS DURING HIS TIME AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO THAT HIS UNDERSTANDING OF ART BEGAN TO SHIFT. IN THE QUIET DISCIPLINE OF DRAWING CLASSES, HE DISCOVERED THE WEIGHT OF INTENTION, THE MESSAGE BENEATH THE AESTHETIC, AND BEGAN TO UNLEARN WHAT HE THOUGHT HE KNEW ABOUT FORM.