In honor of renowned Jordanian artist Muhanna Durra, a pioneer in Jordan\u2019s modern art movement, INVESTBANK, the leader in providing innovative financial solutions in Jordan, has revealed the \u2018Durra Wall\u2019, a tribute to the artist and his work, during a special ceremony at the bank\u2019s headquarters on Sunday 15 December in the presence of Muhanna Durra, INVESTBANK CEO Muntaser Dawwas and members of upper management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The acclaimed artist, who was the first Jordanian to receive a formal art education graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome in 1958, and the first to introduce Cubism and abstract art into the Jordanian visual arts scene, had been commissioned by INVESTBANK to create a painting for the bank, inspired by its brand and values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During a ribbon-cutting ceremony, Muhanna Durra and INVESTBANK CEO Muntaser Dawwas jointly revealed the \u2018Durra Wall\u2019 where the commissioned painting, that is inspired by the INVESTBANK, and other paintings by Durra hang proudly inviting visitors to reflect on the beauty and mastery of Durra\u2019s work and the importance of art in driving innovation and change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
INVESTBANK CEO Muntaser Dawwas expressed the bank\u2019s pride in achieving this unique partnership with one of the most widely acclaimed Jordanian artists, saying:\u201cWe have always looked at Muhanna Durra with admiration and respect. Durra understands our brand and what it signifies, and his commissioned piece now hangs proudly on the walls of our headquarters for visitors to see.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe take great pride in associating ourselves with artists such as Muhanna Durra who are known for their skill, intelligence and innovative\u2014values that closely align with ours. INVESTBANKbelieves in the importance of art and culture in igniting creativity and driving change for the societyand we takeour role in supporting art and artists in Jordan very seriously,\u201d Dawwas added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In honor of renowned Jordanian artist Muhanna Durra, a pioneer in Jordan\u2019s modern art movement, INVESTBANK, the leader in providing innovative financial solutions in Jordan, has revealed the \u2018Durra Wall\u2019, a tribute to the artist and his work, during a special ceremony at the bank\u2019s headquarters on Sunday 15 December in the presence of Muhanna […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":240718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investbank.jo\/api-secure\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investbank.jo\/api-secure\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investbank.jo\/api-secure\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investbank.jo\/api-secure\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investbank.jo\/api-secure\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.investbank.jo\/api-secure\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investbank.jo\/api-secure\/wp\/v2\/media\/240718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investbank.jo\/api-secure\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investbank.jo\/api-secure\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investbank.jo\/api-secure\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}