16/08/2023
GUEST ARTIST : MEDY MAUBAKA
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About : Ahmed Mohamed(Medy)
Born in the Heaven of Peace, Ahmed Mohamed a locally acclaimed Painter, Graffiti artist and Designer, was inspired at a young age by Art from various artist that he used to interact with in his hometown. He began painting with acrylics and later moved to graffiti that made him focus primarily on the rendering of human faces and figures of which he put a strong African appeal to them.
Medy is self taught, watching numerous Tanzanian Art Masters before he himself got the courage to call himself an artist. He has acquired some training over the years from workshops that came around, but Meldy says his greatest teacher are the Streets of Bongo Dar es Salaam, the Sounds, Music, Smells, Pot Holes, and Mseto “mixture” of people. He explores collages more than anything, he finds it very joyful to rediscover the styles of yester years as he remembers his childhood and numerous people who he shadowed cleaning brushes, fetching water, and nailing canvases. He says, “ I am completely captivated by images and any that can be put on an art canvas”.
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