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July 16, 2011July 16, 2011

A Visit to São Paulo’s Choque Cultural

São Paulo’s Choque Cultural represents some of my favorite artists — whose work I don’t get to see often enough. Among them are Titi Freak and Daniel Melim. Here are some Titi Freak pieces I discovered on my recent visit to their space in Pinheiros:

TitiFreak2 — Titi Freak @ Choque Cultural, photo by Lois Stavsky

Titi Freak @ Choque Cultural, photo by Lois Stavsky

earlytit — Early Titi Freak @ Choque Cultural. photo by Lois Stavsky

Although I had to return to NYC before the opening of Daniel Melim’s solo exhibit, I did get to see some of his earlier pieces:

dm1 — Daniel Melim @ Choque Cultural, photo by Lois Stavsky

dm2 — Daniel Melim @ Choque Cultural, photo by Lois Stavsky

: Daniel Melim @ Choque Cultural, photo by Sara Mozeson

An exhibit of Daniel Melim’s newest body of work opens this afternoon and continues through August 26 :

July 15, 2011

Os Gêmeos in São Paulo

Os Gêmeos’s bombs, pieces and characters seem to be just about everywhere in their native city. Here are a few of their characters:

Photos by Lois Stavsky

July 14, 2011

São Paulo’s Museu Brasileiro da Escultura (MuBE) Presents GRAFFITI FINE ART

In the upscale São Paulo district of Jardim Europa, perhaps the only São Paulo neighborhood whose walls are graffiti-free, the Museu Brasileiro da Escultura (MuBE) is presenting GRAFFITI FINE ART, an exhibit featuring the work of 20 street artists. Thanks to a tip from MUNDANO, we stopped by a few hours before the exhibit officially opened last night and liked what we saw. Curated by Binho Ribeiro, it continues through July 24^th at Av. Europa, 218 in SP.

And we discovered the following mural outside MuBE. I later found out that it was created for the 1st International Biennial of Graffiti Fine Art that was held at MuBE in 2010. I took this shot from street level:

cantwoetc — Faith47, Can2 and Ment1, photo by Lois Stavsky

July 10, 2011July 10, 2011

The Pichadores Meet in Central Sao Paulo

Ranging in age from early teens to mid 30’s, Sao Paulo’s controversial pichadores meet weekly to exchange blackbooks, writings and the latest info. This past Thursday, they met at their regular meeting place in the center of town that they refer to as “The Point.” They seem to represent a range of educational levels and economic backgrounds. And unlike most NYC writers, they were eager to be photographed.

sarapic4 — One of the few females present; photo by Sara Mozeson

July 8, 2011July 9, 2011

The writings on the walls of the “other” São Paulo: pixado and graffiti

A different kind of street art emerges in São Paulo’s economically disadvantaged neighborhoods on the outskirts of the city — some of which I visited yesterday. It is mostly the writings of the pichadores who practice São Paulo’s distinct tagging style, along with graffiti that reminds me of some of the walls I’ve seen in the South Bronx. Here’s a sampling:

photos by Lois Stavsky

July 6, 2011July 6, 2011

From the Streets of Sao Paulo

I arrived in Sao Paulo yesterday, and within an hour of exploring the nearby streets from my base here in the center of town, I came upon dozens of alluring, diverse images. Here are a few:

: Binho

: Dninja

: os gemeos bomb, pixo writing, and more

Many more to come! (I’ve identified the artists whose work I recognize; info on the others to come).

photos by Lois Stavsky

September 19, 2009September 18, 2009

Protesting buff laws in Sao Paulo

Some news from the street artists of Brazil:

Last Sunday one of the biggest avenues of São Paulo, Av. 23 de Maio, received the biggest graffiti and street art attack ever. All the action was illegal and was done by 150 artists during the day on 1km of a grey wall. The protest is against the government buff of the Law “CITY CLEAN”. There were artists from all ages and styles, because the most important thing was to paint all of the avenue. You can see amazing graffiti works (character and letters) and works made by artists that were doing their first work. The variety of styles includes pixação, stencils and much more. The action was incredible and the cops arrived there and didn’t know what to do, so they only took 9 graffiti artist (only 3 police cars) to the police department to try to understand what it was that. The authority understood that was an art-manifestation, so the artists could go home. The government is now painting the wall with grey paint as they usually do every week.

Photos by JuGranjeia:

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