- 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
o European tradition
o West African slaves
o Tribal Art -> tupi people
o Cannibalism: eating up cultures –
“eat what you like and leave the
carcass”

o Local people + homeless

o Music - dance

 expression of an Identity
 HISTORY of BRAZILIAN
GRAFFITI
o Mid-20th c.: Voice of opposition to
Brazil’s social + economical problems
-> way to express opinion

o 40’ - 50’: pichacao

o 1964: military overthrow of democratic

government -> became to dangerous

o 60’: Tropicalia movement -> lyrics as

source of inspiration
-> Multicolored graffiti
+ stencil graffiti popular
o 70’: graffiti became more animated -
popular opposition reclamed public spaces
-> city space as political and cultural
expression

o 70’: “Visual pollution” vs freedom of

expression (after years of repression)

o 80’: division: graffiti and pichacao

o Hip hop culture influence -> no books

available -> had to be inventive

o 90’: create an individual style

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
 … HE WORKS HERE TO MAKE A
POINT ABOUT THE YEARS OF
Zezao
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.
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Figurative
 Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo

o Signify the Brazilian graffiti

oThe main influence of the local

scene

o From tagging to epic mural

o Influences:
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

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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

small military mission NYC bombers

destruction identity exhadurated

basic expression learning

Barcelona
outside and free for everyone to see
Paris
l c a u se
socia
not
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 Sao Paulo
war danger
raw
typographic terrorism
new
urban intervention

symbolic architecture
cannibalize culture raw
Ready to walk ?