Tag: MTO
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“On lâche rien” by MTO for GNV URBAN ART in Jacksonville, Florida
French artist Mateo aka MTO was recently in the US invited to paint a mural for the GNV URBAN ART project curated by Iryna Kanischeva. Titled “On lâche rien” (French for “We Loose Nothing”), the mural expresses, according to the artist, his feelings about the French yellow vests movement. The grassroots political movement that began in France last…
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“The Mediterranean Tunnel” Poignant new murals by MTO
Our friends from the Incipit project just sent some images of MTO’s latest interventions in Sliema, Malta and Sapri, Italy. The murals addresses the migration issue Europe confronts today by depicting the hyperrealistic image of a man entering trough one side of a building in Malta and coming out through another one in Italy. The first part of…
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MTO “The son of PROTAGORAS” x “Hit the north” Culture night In Belfast
“The son of PROTAGORAS” is MTO’s latest piece painted for the “Hit the north”, Culture night Belfast in Ireland. The mural is characteristic of MTO’s work where hyperrealistic painting in black and white with only a few touches of colours is recurrent, not to mention that his murals always refer to something outside the mural…
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MTO “The Mediterranean Door” New Mural In Malta
German artist MTO was recently in Malta for the Sliema Street Art Festival 2014 where he painted this new mural titled “The Mediterranean Door”. The mural deals with the who often deals with the problem of immigration in Europe and how the authorities handle it. ( … ) While the United States and many European countries…
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MTO x Blank Canvas Festival In Riga, Latvia
After the Road Trip series and his last mural in New Orléans in January, French MTO is now in Riga where he just finished this mural for the Blank Canvas Festival. Entitled “I don’t like brick walls so Im Just going to tag!”, the new mural seems to express a shared feeling about… well, brick…
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MTO “Hope” Mural In New Orleans
After a few murals part of his “Road Trip” series comes “Hope” also painted by MTO in New Orleans on the corner 7th st. & South Saratoga. The new piece was sponsored by Tami HILLS and shows the image of two hands with fingers crossed. To cross one’s fingers was a hand gesture commonly used to implore God for protection,…
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“GASA GASA in Nola” New Mural by MTO in New Orleans
Here a new mural by MTO entitled “GASA GASA in Nola” and the 4th of his “Road Trip” series. This new piece, like earlier murals, is representative of MTO’s hyperrealistic style characterised by the use of black and white with only a few splashes of bright colours. Located on the front of “Gasa Gasa club” 4920…
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MTO ” Louisiana blue note ” New Mural In Louisiana, USA
After a couple of other road trips in Sarasota and Miami, MTO has now arrived in New Orleans where he recently painted this mural entitled “Louisiana blue note “. The new mural, sponsored by “NOLA Rising” and curated by Rex Dingler, follows the aesthetics of his earlier murals, hyperrealistic painting characterised by the use of black and…
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MTO’s Road Trips In Sarasota and Miami, Florida
Berlin based artist MTO is now in USA where he already dropped two wonderful murals, one in Miami and another one in Sarasota. “Road Trip 2” (image above) was sponsored by “Going Vertical” and curated by Kafi Benz whilst “Road Trip” (image below) was painted for Miami Art Basel 2013 and made possible by Adjust Gallery and…
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