NOTY AROZ FT. MATT_TIEU EL MURCIÉLAGO, 2017 Acrylic on wood 70 x 50 cm Gift of the artists It all began with a pair of artists, Aroz and Noty, two childhood friends whose friendship developed around drawing. friendship developed around drawing. They created their first HQ by taking over an abandoned house and repainting it with their drawings. and repainting it with their drawings. As adults, their universe developed around a very precise theoretical concept mythology of the third millennium, which fuses iconic pop culture emblematic characters of Western pop culture with the world's great ancient civilisations. civilisations. The result is brightly coloured, striking works on canvas, prints and even sculpture. Matt_tieu was born in Epinal and lives in Paris. He wanders the streets of the city drawing faces and animals with chalk. faces and animals from a bestiary chosen to amuse and amaze. His flagship animal is the ostrich, the biggest bird in the world, which looks a little clumsy and makes you smile. The work is intended to be ephemeral, in the vein of street art. The important thing is to be touched on a street corner by the astonishing shapes of an animal that surprises us, usually large birds such as waders, marabou and of course the bird of prey. like waders, marabouts and, of course, ostriches, but also animal skeletons, the alarms needed to raise ecological awareness. Website: www.noty-aroz.com Instagram: @noty_aroz @matt_tieu