- HISTORY
Cultural influences
Graffiti’s history
Legal vs illegal art
2. MOVEMENTS and ARTISTS
Profile
Movements
Graffiti
WRITING
IMAGES(abstract and
figurative) MIX (photo)
3. COMPARISON (NY - Barcelona -
Paris)

HISTORY

CULTURAL INFLUENCES
European tradition
o
West African slaves
o
Tribal Art -> tupi people
o
Cannibalism: eating up cultures –
o
“eat what you like and leave the
carcass”
Local people + homeless
o
Music - dance
o
 expression of an Identity

HISTORY of BRAZILIAN
GRAFFITI
Mid-20th c.: Voice of opposition to
o
Brazil’s social + economical problems
-> way to express opinion
40’ - 50’: pichacao
o
1964: military overthrow of democratic
o
government -> became to dangerous
60’: Tropicalia movement -> lyrics as
o
source of inspiration
-> Multicolored graffiti
+ stencil graffiti popular

70’: graffiti became more animated -
o
popular opposition reclamed public spaces
-> city space as political and cultural
expression
70’: “Visual pollution” vs freedom of
o
expression (after years of repression)
80’: division: graffiti and pichacao
o
Hip hop culture influence -> no books
o
available -> had to be inventive
90’: create an individual style
o
reflection of own experiences - explore
own culture - found recognizable style
1995 -> from marginal culture to accepted
art form

LEGAL vs ILLEGAL
Get commissioned
-> symbol of public pride
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MOVEMENT AND ARTISTS

GRAFFITI

…Writting…

Pichacao
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…Images…

Abstract

Zezao
… HE WORKS HERE TO MAKE A
POINT ABOUT THE YEARS OF
NEGLECT THAT HAVE CAUSED
THIS POLLUTION.
\"I DID THIS WORK BECAUSE I
WANTED TO SHOW THE
ARCHITECTURE 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 OF
THE NEW BRAZILIAN ABSTRACT
GRAFFITI. HIS TRADEMARKS ARE
WHAT HE CALLS FLOPS,
ELABORATE ARABESQUES THAT
ARE VISUALLY FAR FROM THE
PICHACAO LETTERS THAT THEY
FIRST CAME FROM.
HIS MOST STRIKING WORK
NOWADAYS HAVE BEEN THE ONE HE
DOES IN SÃO PAULO SEWERAGE
SYSTEM AND SUBTERRANEAN WATER
DUCTS, WHERE ALL THE WASTES OF
THE BIG CITY ARE WASHED AWAY
AMONG ZEZÃO'S WORKS OF ART.

Kboco

Figurative

Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo
Signify the Brazilian graffiti
o
The main influence of the local
o
scene
From tagging to epic mural
o
Influences:
o
o American hip hop culture &
street movies
o Brazilian folk art & São Paulo
protest art
o Brazilian pichacao movement
o Barry McGee (American graffiti
artist, known as Twist)
31-year-old siblings from São Paulo

Tate Modern, London

Advertisement and galleries

sculptures canvas

Speto
Speto

Nina
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Highgraff
Highgraff

Boleta

Thiago
Syen

Bugre

Ciro

STREET ART

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MIX

Alex Orion

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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

GRAFFITI STYLES
COMPARISON

museum on wheels
NYC
small military mission bombers
destruction identity exhadurated

learning
basic expression
Barcelona
outside and free for everyone to see

Paris
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Sao Paulo
war danger
raw
typographic terrorism
new
urban intervention
architecture
symbolic
cannibalize culture raw

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