Os Gemeos — White Figure on Abandoned Facade — artwork #1899 by Osgemeos · Lisboa, Portugal
graffiti colorful portrait
Artists
Born in 1974 in São Paulo, identical twin brothers Gustavo and Otavio Pandolfo form the duo OSGEMEOS — Portuguese for "the twins." Raised in the traditional Cambuci district, they grew up immersed in hip-hop, breakdancing, and DJing, and began painting on the streets in 1987. A pivotal encounter in 1993 with American graffiti artist Barry McGee, visiting Brazil on a study program, helped shape the…
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Added 20/05/2019
On the same abandoned Lisbon building, Os Gemeos deploy a second intervention: the face of a giant character in white outlines, with a golden crown at the top, fades into the patina of the facade. This chiaroscuro work plays on the boundary between street art and architecture in decay.
The artwork Os Gemeos — figure blanche sur facade abandonnee is of type graffiti. You can admire it in the city of Lisboa in Portugal, more precisely here: Av. Fontes Pereira de Melo 24, 1050-116 Lisboa, Portugal.
This graffiti is also tagged as: colorful, portrait.
Find all artworks by the artists who contributed to its creation by clicking on their name: Osgemeos
The photo was published on 20-05-2019 by Rabot.
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