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‘Selfie... Oh Wynwood Selfie’ Work by MTO, part of his savage ‘Wynwood Family’ series painted during Art Basel in 2014.

Arthur Rimbaud’s 1871 poem, “Le Bateau Ivre” (The Drunken Boat), was written when the author was only 16 shortly after he read Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Rich with symbolism the poem shares the sights and experiences of a “drunken” boat filling with water and sinking. In 2013 French artist Mateo, aka MTO, ended seven years living in Berlin and became a citizen of the planet, traveling and painting. That same year he began a road trip across the United States painting a mural series he called “OTO,” presumably for the common combination of glasses and gold “T.” Also known for often including a work of French literature, this New Orleans mural at Touro and Marais Streets includes a book of Rimbaud opened to “The Drunken Boat” . . . referencing perhaps the possibly intoxicated figure “sinking” into the building,  the drowning of New Orleans by Katrina, and maybe even the role of alcohol in the culture of the city?  @MTOgraff  

MTO's 'Mister Hood' taking aim at all the haters in Sarasota, FL, after a decision to buff one controversial MTO mural and censor another. The whole saga is chronicled in his documentary 'Unpremeditated Movie'.

Rooftop work by MTO in Milwaukee, painted in 2016.

'The son of protagoras' by French MTO Graff (@mtograff) for Hit The North 2016 in Belfast, N-Ireland #mtograff #hitthenorth #belfast #belfaststreetart #mural #streetart #lamolinastreetart 📷 via Insta artist | bit.ly/3fqW9Zn (bij Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHx79mqlJxu/?igshid=1bmnoj1vhotbt

'Desperate attempt to get noticed' by French Mateo aka MTO (@mtograff) in Milwaukee (WI), USA (2019) #mto #mtograff #milwaukee #milwaukeestreetart #mural #lamolinastreetart 📷 via Insta artist | bit.ly/38t8vyG (bij Milwaukee, Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHYYbnLFAnK/?igshid=1if5u4r9ngfqk

'An ode to Dr John' by French Mateo aka MTO (@mtograff) in New Orleans (LA), USA (2018) #mto #mtograff #neworleans #neworleansstreetart #mural #lamolinastreetart 📷 via Insta artist | bit.ly/2TVabrU (bij Orléans, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHN7oIDl5C6/?igshid=b5babwrmfq0i

"Florida, Mon Amour" -- -- artist: #MTO @mtograff #mtograff -- -- #GoingVertical #KafiBenz #T #forehead #floridamonamour #streetart #urbanart #art #spraypaintart #aerosolist #nostencil #mural #largescalemural #artforall #publicart #streetartsarasota #sarasotastreetart #sarasotachalkfestival #model #arthurlochmann #insearchofstreetart #vervainee #justbevervainee (hier: Sarasota, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1FzdcpF2o-/?igshid=1q3kxi3w9zmoa