NINA CHANEL ABNEY NEW MURAL IN BENTONVILLE

Public Art Event & Performance
Client:  OZ Art
Location: Bentonville, Northwest Arkansas
Artists: Nina Chanel Abney

Service: Concept, Curation, Development and Production

Mull It Over is American contemporary artist Nina Chanel Abney’s latest site specific mural curated by JUSTKIDS now permanently on view alongside the Bentonville Razorback greenway trail, bringing her signature bold style to the Northwest Arkansas community.

The piece is part of the public art initiative called ARkanvas, a statewide engagement curated by Justkids and commissioned by OZ Art, bringing public art by world-renowned artists to Arkansas communities.

Known for broaching topics as diverse as race, celebrity, religion, politics, or sex, NIna Chanel created a mural where one can read STOP - DON’T KILL - LOVE - BLACK, in which the artist combined representation and abstraction with a message of love and human embrace in a historical context. 

“My starting point for the mural was thinking about the things that have been going on in the last year, and historically, and about how it can’t be unity unless everyone is respected equally.”

- Nina Chanel Abney