When most people think of Brazilian graffiti, they think of Os Gemeos, who’ve become well-known throughout the world for their prolific and whimsical style, but São Paulo has streets filled with great work. Jonathan Levine in association with São Paulo gallery Choque Cultural gallery presents “Ruas de São Paulo: A Survey of Brazilian Street Art.” The group show features the abstracted bird shapes of Boleta (pictured above right), Fefe (who creates “typographical monsters” from letters cut out of street
posters, pictured here), Highraff’s mix of illustration, comics and organic forms, Kboco who paints totemic aboriginal forms, Onesto (pictured above left), Speto, Titi Freak, and Zezão who paints in sewers as well as on the streets. (Click images for larger size.)
A launch party takes place in New York this Thursday, 15 February 2007 to celebrate the arrival of the artists and the show opens Saturday, 17 February 2007. Ignacio […]
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