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- Saudi artist Abdullah Qandeel’s artwork is filled with strong, hand-painted lines, and this is exactly what he applied to a Lamborghini Aventador SVJ during a public artistic performance in Monaco recently.
- The artist’s trademark broad brushstrokes turned the angular hypercar into something a bit more human, but it can still roar its way through the city streets.
- Qandeel previously hand-painted a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup and has been promoting artist-friendly digital tokens through new crypto offerings.
Simply driving a supercar through the streets of Monaco isn’t guaranteed to attract attention these days. The roads there have seen more than their fair share of exotic wheels, but Saudi artist Abdullah Qandeel has discovered a way to make sure everyone at least glances at a Lamborghini Aventador SVJ: hand-painting it in public.
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Qandeel and a partner painted the SVJ in front of the Hôtel de Paris in Monte Carlo in full view of plenty of tourists with smartphones. According to Supercars of Austria, which posted the above video of the artist at work on YouTube, the SVJ was not wrapped to protect the original exterior paint job, so what you see is what you get with this now mobile painting. You can also see that Qandeel painted the hypercar’s interior with the same broad brushstrokes as he used to cover the exterior in the video, showing his commitment to making a statement.
The Superveloce Jota is not exactly a slouch on the track—it set the record for the fastest street-legal car to lap the Nordschleife with a time of 6:44.97 in 2018—but even without hitting those speeds, it’s still impressive to watch the hand-painted $600,000 car go on a roaring drive in the Principality.
A look through Qandeel’s Instagram feed shows that the artist’s style employs thick lines in many of his paintings, so the hand-painted Aventador fits with the rest of his work. There are also digital interpretations of the one-of-a-kind SVJ in the feed, proving that this wasn’t done in a fit of passion but as part of a planned public artwork. In fact, Qandeel previously hand painted a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup in a similar style.
Earlier this year, Qandeel got into the crypto-art game with the first “Artist Approved Non-Fungible Physical and Digital Token” (AP/AD-NFT) offering, which was based on his painting called “Ambition Man.” Qandeel used AP/AD-NFT to create a new category of NFTs that combined physical and digital assets to protect artists’ rights through enhanced “smart contracts” that contain the artwork’s IP and rights of usage.
“I invite all creators and collectors across the world to join this Decentralized Positive Impact (DePi) movement and adopt AP/AD-NFTs, not only as the new standard for the creative industry, but as a determining factor for the future of our planet as well,” Qandeel told the Albilad Daily.
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