Letting Go

“Elegba Sitn” 2013 by Iyaba Ibo Mandingo

Bold works produced by Iyaba Ibo Mandingo in 2013 and 2014 are now on display in the Pump House Gallery in Bushnell Park through August 21.

The price list calls them “paintings,” but there’s more going on than that. The “Tar Baby” series (seven in all) combines roofing materials and dirt to create silhouettes of the female body.

The “Letting Go” exhibit features nearly forty works with titles like “Resistance,” “We Wear the Mask,” and “Ghetto Scream.”

The Pump House Gallery is open Monday-Wednesday, 11-2; Thursday, 11-4; and Saturday by appointment.

“Stop & Frisk” 2013 by Iyaba Ibo Mandingo

Iyaba Ibo Mandingo, speaking about his work