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July 2022

Moya

  • Expanding horizons
  • The Riviera artist, who has created an entire virtual world and a joyous bestiary in which he likes to evolve, is coming to the city of La Colle-sur-Loup and Nice Etoile shopping centre this summer.
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Moya a imaginé son univers virtuel en ligne sur Second Life.
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L'artiste a créé dans ses toiles un personnage à son image.

The Riviera artist, who has created an entire virtual world and a joyous bestiary in which he likes to evolve, is coming to the city of La Colle-sur-Loup and Nice Etoile shopping centre this summer.

 

When a sheep turns into a DJ, surrounded by a pink elephant and a reading donkey, you know you’re in Moya Land! Created by Patrick Moya, the prolific Riviera artist represented by Franck Michel gallery, Moya Land is a universe of flashy yet endearing characters that include himself, represented with candy-pink skin and a nose like Pinocchio’s. The artist’s hallmarks are his famous black backgrounds that act as a frame from which his protagonists emerge with astonishing speed in flashes of light. This summer Moya is inviting the people of the Riviera to launch themselves into his imaginary world in two exhibitions. The first, an open-air show that will run until 22 August in La Colle-sur-Loup, offers an escape from everyday life into fantasy. And at the Nice Etoile shopping centre, Moya Summer Land unfolds on three thematic levels – the beach, the virtual world and children’s favourite characters – complemented by films projected onto a window display. Moya was a pioneer of the virtual world well before NFTs arrived on the scene. His fascination with the history of communication and media led him to invent a utopian space on Second Life that aims to welcome all audiences. Moya has now been immersed in the metaverse for 15 years, regularly giving talks on the subject, and takes part in the annual virtual version of the Burning Man festival with an installation in which he gives digital works to visitors.

By Tanja Stojanov

 

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