Graffiti / Street Art Brazil by Adamantopoulou, Griccioli, Serra, Sideris
Transcript of Graffiti / Street Art Brazil by Adamantopoulou, Griccioli, Serra, Sideris
- HISTORYCultural influencesGraffiti’s historyLegal vs illegal art
2. MOVEMENTS and ARTISTSProfileMovementsGraffiti
WRITING IMAGES(abstract andfigurative) MIX (photo)
3. COMPARISON (NY - Barcelona -Paris)
CULTURAL INFLUENCES
o European traditiono West African slaveso Tribal Art -> tupi peopleo Cannibalism: eating up cultures –“eat what you like and leave thecarcass”
o Local people + homelesso Music - dance
expression of an Identity
HISTORY of BRAZILIANGRAFFITI
o Mid-20th c.: Voice of opposition toBrazil’s social + economical problems
-> way to express opinion
o 40’ - 50’: pichacao
o 1964: military overthrow of democraticgovernment -> became to dangerous
o 60’: Tropicalia movement -> lyrics assource of inspiration
-> Multicolored graffiti + stencil graffiti popular
o 70’: graffiti became more animated -popular opposition reclamed public spaces-> city space as political and culturalexpression
o 70’: “Visual pollution” vs freedom ofexpression (after years of repression)
o 80’: division: graffiti and pichacao
o Hip hop culture influence -> no booksavailable -> had to be inventive
o 90’: create an individual stylereflection of own experiences - exploreown culture - found recognizable style
1995 -> from marginal culture to acceptedart form
LEGAL vs ILLEGALGet commissioned
-> symbol of public pride
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Pichacao
Zezao… HE WORKS HERE TO MAKE APOINT ABOUT THE YEARS OFNEGLECT THAT HAVE CAUSED
THIS POLLUTION.
"I DID THIS WORK BECAUSE I
WANTED TO SHOW THEARCHITECTURE AND THE
CONDITIONS OF TUNNELS OF SAO
PAULO, WHICH IS THIS -DEGRADATION, RUBBISH -
EVERYTHING THAT THE RAIN
BRINGS."
36 years old
IS ONE OF THE EXPONENTS OFTHE NEW BRAZILIAN ABSTRACTGRAFFITI. HIS TRADEMARKS ARE
WHAT HE CALLS FLOPS,ELABORATE ARABESQUES THATARE VISUALLY FAR FROM THEPICHACAO LETTERS THAT THEY
FIRST CAME FROM.
HIS MOST STRIKING WORKNOWADAYS HAVE BEEN THE ONE HEDOES IN SÃO PAULO SEWERAGE
SYSTEM AND SUBTERRANEAN WATERDUCTS, WHERE ALL THE WASTES OFTHE BIG CITY ARE WASHED AWAYAMONG ZEZÃO'S WORKS OF ART.
o Signify the Brazilian graffiti
o The main influence of the localscene
o From tagging to epic mural
o Influences:o American hip hop culture &street movies
o Brazilian folk art & São Pauloprotest arto Brazilian pichacao movement
o Barry McGee (American graffitiartist, known as Twist)
31-year-old siblings from São Paulo
Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo
Collaborative works
Donate, Grandson, Shock, Téia, Over, Maumeks, Angel, Graphis, Binho, Swift, Nine, Dalata, Hyper, Zezão,Ramon - Sao Paulo 2006
Teia, Roko, Deninja, Anjo, Graphis, G, Afi, Does, Nem, Nick - Sao Paulo 2007
Sao Paulo danger
typographic terrorism
war
architecture
urban intervention
raw
cannibalize culture
new
symbolicraw