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Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
Brazilian Urban Art: From Street to Chic
There has always been something fascinating about the allure of Brazilian culture that has caused people from around the world to want to latch on to its magic. From Carnival to Bossa Nova to Victoria’s Secret models—the world wants what Brazil has. When it comes to urban art (commonly referred to as “street” art), Brazil is home to some of the most innovative and inspiring artists to date. The definition of street art, known by some as Graffiti, is “a Form of visual communication involving the unauthorized marking of public space by an individual or group.”
It is true that in cities around the world, many artists have risked delinquency for years in order to display their works. In Brazil, however, authorities stay hushed in light of the cultural value that can be seen in these artistic displays. After having gained recognition in the streets, these artists are quickly translating their works into collectable pieces such as paintings, prints, photos, fashion and more. This new generation of talent has garnered a legion of faithful and surprisingly young followers, and in turn is becoming a focus point in the ever-expanding Latin American art scene.
When Brazilian fashion marketing wiz Baixo Ribeiro took notice of his young son’s collection of local urban artwork, he thought: there is more to this than graffiti. Having spent years incorporating local street artists into his network of fashion moguls, Mr. Ribeiro took the next logical step and founded urban art gallery Choque Cultural. Since 2000 the gallery has featured the works of some of the city’s finest street artists and has gained international acclaim as being one of the most unique and inspiring galleries in São Paulo.
According to Mr. Ribeiro, there couldn’t be a better time to take notice of the street art movement. Specifically, he notes that Brazilian artists have an energy that is quite distinct from other common street art cultures. European and even Argentine street artists have a tendency to focus on design processes, directing much of their energies towards stenciling and similar techniques. Brazilian artists, while incorporating some of these practices, pride themselves in their individuality and apply more of a manual tradition to their street works. This sense of artistry is what makes these young “Paulistas” stand out in the world of urban art.
With big name brands such as Nike working alongside young Brazilian street artists to design campaigns and merchandise, it is only a matter of time before this urban uprising becomes a bona fide art form. Brazilian artist Titi Freak recently gained a Nike sportswear sponsorship, which has helped him to publish his first book, the 200-page Freak, which is available at Choque Cultural gallery. Furthermore, in June of 2009, Nike launched “Movimento Canarinho” – a 100% Brazilian campaign inspired by Brazilian street art and street soccer. The turn around will be seen from the sales of a limited-edition product line inspired by the Brazilian street culture. Now is the time for investors to think outside of the box by sponsoring a young talent, commissioning a mural, or even starting a product line featuring “street design.” When it comes to investment potential, we are really just beginning to see the turn around in this area. At first glance it would appear that young collectors of street art have little knowledge of their acquisitions. Their impulse to purchase is do to the fact that they identify with the work from an artistic or cultural standpoint. Mr. Ribeiro mentioned one such young collector who entered his gallery not long ago with a poster that he had purchased at $60 reales. That same work is now worth nearly three times the price and will surely continue to acquire value.
With Brazilian street art gaining global recognition, major galleries are beginning to take notice and feature exhibits. The Jonathan Levine Gallery in Manhattan recently featured the works of two popular artists from São Paulo, Titi Freak and Stephan Doitshinoff. All major brand names aside, there is an obvious social movement to this work, an up-leveling in consciousness, if you will. The aforementioned Stephan Doitschinoff, whose street alias is “Calma” is São Paulo born and after traveling abroad and returning to the rural Brazilian countryside of Bahia, felt inspired to “paint the city.” His aim was not to make money or gain fame; like most street artists, he was inspired by the idea of creating beauty in the midst of poverty and despair. He began by asking a couple townspeople if they wouldn’t mind him painting the sides of their homes with his unique and symbolic murals. Once the people of the town realized that all this man truly desired was space, they offered up their streets, homes, cemeteries and even chapels into the hands of this inspired visionary. The town’s Afro-Brazilian folklore began to intermingle with Mr. Doitschinoff’s metaphoric imagery, along with bursts of contemporary pop culture and pagan and alchemical symbolism. The work of this young artist is now featured in galleries around the world, and a book of his work has been published and sold internationally.
Visit Choque Cultural for news and updates on São Paulo’s most up and coming artists:
http://choquecultural.com.br/
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Graffiti $24.99 Graffiti Photographic Print by Barbara Fischer. Product size approximately 12 x 16 inches. Available at Art.com. Embrace your Space – your source for high quality fine art posters and prints. |
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Graff: The Art & Technique of Graffiti $15.63 Learn to create dynamic graffiti art that delivers maximum impact with the same sense of creative risk that graffiti writers have always taken on. Graff illuminates the important elements of graffiti art, including its roots in vandalism, and then shows you how to create legally sanctioned graffiti styles beginning with sketching outlines and shapes, then working up to completed, colorful pieces, including large murals. Author — Scape Martinez. Paperback. 128 pages. 11" × 8½" (28 cm × 22 cm). |
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No Regrets: Graffiti $12.99 No Regrets: Graffiti – Art Print |
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Graffiti Removal $12.99 Graffiti Removal – Art Print |
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For Sale $12.99 Vincent Gachaga For Sale – Art Print |
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Graffiti 365 $20.59 A fun, wide-ranging survey of the international graffiti movement, Graffiti 365 delivers the first real insider’s view into the contemporary graffiti and street-art scenes, as well as their antecedents. Packed with more than 600 rare, previously unpublished, or legendary images, Graffiti 365 presents groundbreaking styles and famous "crews" from cities all around the world. It explores the work of important artists, from Blade to Banksy, and styles from bubble to wild. Unparalleled in its breadth, Graffiti 365 also covers different eras, legendary walls and crews, police and public responses to graffiti, and more. The author of Graffiti 365 , Jay "J.Son" Edlin, has been an artist and historian of the graffiti movement for decades. He has written for The Source , Blaze , and Mass Appeal and was interviewed for Jon Naar’s Birth of Graffiti . Andrew "Zephyr" Witten, who contributes the foreword, is the author of Dondi White: Style Master General . He has also written for Vibe , The Source , and Juxtapoz magazines. Author — Jay "J.Son" Edlin. Foreword by Andrew "Zephyr" Witten. Hardcover. 744 pages (with 644 color photographs). 9¼" × 6¼" (24 cm × 16 cm) . |
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Fifties Graffiti $119.99 Louis Stettner Fifties Graffiti – Framed Art Print |
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Graffiti Rose $27.99 Christina Lazar-schuler Graffiti Rose – Art Print |
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Crescent Graffiti Paper $17.5 Call it art, self-expression or lowbrow art…there’s no question that graffiti art is a movement. Popularized as an art form by rebel artists and admirers of the style, the only thing graffiti art lacked was a way to take it with you…until now, that is! New from Crescent, Graffiti Paper accepts spray paints, paint markers, alcohol-based markers, and acrylics, with a smooth, bleed-proof surface that won’t dry out your marker tips. Choose wall-sized rolls or spiral-bound sketch pads, for experimenting inside and out. Paper is 90 lb (150 gsm) weight. |
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Egiptyan Graffiti I $14.99 Egiptyan Graffiti I – Art Print |
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Egiptyan Graffiti II $14.99 Egiptyan Graffiti II – Art Print |
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Egiptyan Graffiti III $14.99 Egiptyan Graffiti III – Art Print |
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Egiptyan Graffiti IV $14.99 Egiptyan Graffiti IV – Art Print |
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Graffiti Language $189.99 Chiu Tak-Hak Graffiti Language – Framed Art Print |
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Graffiti Composition $144.99 Fr̩d̩rique Callu Graffiti Composition РFramed Art Print |
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Sale $34.99 Sale Giclee Print by English School . Product size approximately 9 x 12 inches. Available at Art.com. Embrace your Space – your source for high quality fine art posters and prints. |
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The Sale $34.99 The Sale Giclee Print by Auguste Serrure. Product size approximately 9 x 12 inches. Available at Art.com. Embrace your Space – your source for high quality fine art posters and prints. |
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The History of American Graffiti $40 The History of American Graffiti tells the definitive story behind the most influential art form of the last 100 years. Containing more than 1,000 photographs — many never before published — the book explores the key moments, places, and players in a movement distinctly American in flavor yet global in its reach. Authors Roger Gastman and Caleb Neelon provide an insider’s perspective on the history of the medium through behind-the-scenes stories and interviews with graffiti’s most prominent names (as well as its lesser-known pioneers). Tracing the evolution of graffiti from its early freight-train days to its big-city boom to its current, modern-day influences, these interviews shed light on the most popular trends and styles dominating the scene for the past five decades. The book also includes a thorough examination of the regional differences among major American hubs — New York, Los Angeles, the Bay Area, and Chicago — as well as under-the-radar scenes in cities like Washington, D.C., Boston, and Miami. All told, more than 25 American cities are profiled, making this one of the most comprehensive volumes on the subject. Sure to be an instant classic, The History of American Graffiti is the ultimate graffiti resource — for aficionados, the uninitiated, and everyone in between. "If there were a college course on graffiti, this would be its textbook." — Shepard Fairey. Authors — Roger Gastman and Caleb Neelon. Hardcover. 405 pages. 9½" × 8¾" (24 cm × 22 cm) . |
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Spice Graffiti I $16.99 Silvia Vassileva Spice Graffiti I – Art Print |
