The life span of these artists is from the early 1800s until the present. During these years the boundaries of the area known as The Village changed. The Chelsea Hotel, Union Square, and parts of the East Village were at one time considered Greenwich Village.
Khuzami created "Bohemorama," a glass-encased mural against the exterior of the Associated Supermarket at Bleecker Street and LaGuardia Place. The 4 feet by 24 feet canvas honors 25 of Greenwich Village’s most illustrious and prolific Bohemians. They cover several generations, starting with Edgar Allan Poe — believed to be the father of American bohemianism — and continuing to the present with Bob Dylan and Joan Baez. Many other folk singers, social activists, jazz singers, playwrights, filmmakers and painters are highlighted in the work. "I see many parallels and similarities between myself and the Bohemians", says Khuzami, who particularly enjoys the Beat poets. "I relate to them. They had a hunger and thirst to keep learning and experiencing. They were always putting themselves in new and unknown situations. In my mural I wanted to recreate that struggle, that intimacy of bohemian life."
(excerpt from
Washington Square News)
