{"id":5504,"date":"2022-10-09T21:57:48","date_gmt":"2022-10-09T21:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/medos-luminous-paintings-astonish-with-riffs-on-identity\/"},"modified":"2022-10-09T21:57:48","modified_gmt":"2022-10-09T21:57:48","slug":"medos-luminous-paintings-astonish-with-riffs-on-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=5504","title":{"rendered":"Medo\u2019s luminous paintings astonish with riffs on identity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\nJEDDAH:\u00a0Moe Al-Ghunaymi creates astonishing live artwork using spray paint, varnish, and glitter on canvases, with his face covered and using transparent paint that serves as an exploration of identity.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cI paint with my mind, heart and body \u2026 in front of many people. This is a special and interesting challenge as I paint with a transparent material that is not visible to the eye. When I throw the glitter and the final painting appears (this) makes everyone surprised and impressed with the results,\u201d said Al-Ghunaymi, who is more popularly known as Medo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\nThe urban street artist and senior graphic designer added: \u201cI hide my face so that I am not limited by the opinion of the public, and therefore, I can be the most authentic version of myself. I believe they should not look at me, but instead look at my art, for my art is out of my true soul.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nOriginally from the land of the pyramids, Medo was raised in Makkah.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\">\n<figure class=\"image\" style=\"display:inline-block\"><br \/><figcaption>Moe Al-Ghunaymi creates astonishing live artwork using spray paint, varnish, and glitter on canvases, with his face covered. (Supplied)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nHe discovered his talent as the art scene in the Kingdom gained traction, quickly gaining popularity for his impressive artworks created with unique mediums such as coffee, chocolate, and glow-in-the-dark paints.<\/p>\n<p>\nInspiration is important for all artists and the Jeddah-based creative derives his from the environment, and people\u2019s features and actions.<\/p>\n<p>\nHis artwork include portraits of royals and Western legends. However, his painting of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a lot of praise.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\">\n<figure class=\"image\" style=\"display:inline-block\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"1023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/userimages\/444656\/digital_art_work_1.jpg\" width=\"670\"\/><br \/><figcaption>Moe Al-Ghunaymi creates astonishing live artwork using spray paint, varnish, and glitter on canvases, with his face covered. (Supplied)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\u201cI always feel proud while painting a picture of Prince Mohammed bin Salman in front of people at events. I usually use the style of transparent painting with glue and then casting sparkles on it to become a luxurious and different piece of art.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nHe praised the crown prince as a \u201cgreat leadership figure\u201d committed to supporting talent in the Kingdom, and who makes him feel \u201cexcited and inspired.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nMedo said he seeks to surprise constantly.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201c(With) my work as an art director, I work hard to translate my clients\u2019 ideas to their audience in the most creative way. It is like a fun game of chess where every time you have possibilities of making a move that can surprise your audience,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\nMedo is also known for creating the coolest NFTs in the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\">\n<figure class=\"image\" style=\"display:inline-block\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"905\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/userimages\/444656\/1_1_1.jpg\" width=\"670\"\/><br \/><figcaption>Moe Al-Ghunaymi creates astonishing live artwork using spray paint, varnish, and glitter on canvases, with his face covered. (Supplied)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nHis take on digital and hand-painted artwork is that both have the same artistic results but differ from one artist to another depending on the tools used and the purpose of the creation.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cIn this age of technology, digital artwork has become bigger and bigger. Digital development and NFTs are the future of artists as they can turn their handmade artwork into digital work through photography and modern technology, thus creating as many immortal digital copies of a single work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nMedo has participated in over 20 events including those organized by Benchmark KSA, Aramco, the Red Sea Film Festival, Luxury KSA, 360 live, and the Saudi Fine Arts Exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe has also worked with the Saudi General Entertainment Authority for many of their events including Saudi Seasons.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe is a brand ambassador for the Chinese Xtep Fashion Sport firm in Saudi Arabia and the founder of the fashion brand Art Section.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\nHe sells his authentic art prints and paintings at Shop MEDO, and Apes Pop Art Club for NFTs on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>\nEmirati singer Shamma Hamdan, Palestinian singer Mohammed Assaf and other prominent celebrities have bought Medo\u2019s artwork.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cThis is just the beginning for me and I look forward to depicting the culture and heritage of the Kingdom through my art. For all emerging and future artists, it is important to take care of your talent and practice art in any form. Art has no rules, art is for everyone,\u201d Medo said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2178271\/lifestyle\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JEDDAH:\u00a0Moe Al-Ghunaymi creates astonishing live artwork using spray paint, varnish, and glitter on canvases, with his&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Medo\u2019s luminous paintings astonish with riffs on identity - Gulf Times | News by the minute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gulf Times: Latest news across the GCC from UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2178271\/lifestyle\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Medo\u2019s luminous paintings astonish with riffs on identity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gulf News| UAE&#039;s Largest News aggregator site\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2178271\/lifestyle\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gulf Times | News by the minute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100084981843786\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-10-09T21:57:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/userimages\/444656\/inside_1_1.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"gulftimes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Gulftimesuae\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Gulftimesuae\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"gulftimes\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Medo\u2019s luminous paintings astonish with riffs on identity - 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