Os Gemeos (b.1974, Brazil)
Due to their technical skills, their works are riots of color and form, always immediately recognizable as their own. Inspired by their heritage, the brothers often incorporate imagery from Brazilian popular culture, such as festivals and street performers. While harnessing the concept of spectacle as an ingenious compositional tool, their body of work also offers interesting contrasts between rural and urban landscapes. As graffiti artists, their first forays into art centered on the streets of a crowded metropolis. However, Os Gêmeos have always been interested in popular culture of all kinds, understanding that any given society is composed of a wide range of influences and realities. Many of their paintings offer insights into rustic, countryside settings, where figures look out from bucolic mountains or desert regions. The brothers have traveled across Brazil to learn about life in different rural communities, and these sensibilities are present throughout much of their work.
(Phillips de Pury & Company, 2012)
Os Gêmeos first garnered attention in 2005, when they exhibited at Deitch Projects in New York. In recent years, the brothers have participated in solo and group exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. They have also exhibited internationally across Europe, Latin America and Asia, as well as in their native Brazil. They were included in The Art in the Streets exhibition at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles in 2011 and had their first US Museum solo exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston in 2012.
artworks in collection
Carlito Carvalhosa
—b.1961, Brazil
1 WorkLeda Catunda
—b.1961, Brazil
2 WorksMarcos Chaves
—b.1961, Brazil
3 WorksAdriano Costa
—b.1975, Brazil
2 WorksCaetano De Almeida
—b.1964, Brazil
1 WorkIran Do Espirito Santo
—b.1963, Brazil
1 WorkRodrigo Matheus
—b. 1974, Brazil
1 WorkMarcelo Moscheta
—b.1976, Brazil
1 WorkVik Muniz
—b.1961, Brazil
2 WorksPaulo Nazareth
—b.1977, Brazil
1 WorkRodolpho Parigi
—b.1977, Brazil
1 WorkJosé Patrício
—b.1960, Brazil
1 WorkThiago Rocha Pitta
—b.1980, Brazil
1 WorkRegina Silveira
—b.1939, Brazil
2 WorksDelson Uchoa
—b.1956, Brazil
1 WorkLaura Vinci
—b.1962, Brazil
1 Work
Edgardo Aragon
—b. 1985, Mexico
1 WorkEduardo Basualdo
—b.1977, Argentina
5 WorksDiego Bianchi
—b.1969, Argentina
1 WorkCarlito Carvalhosa
—b.1961, Brazil
1 WorkLeda Catunda
—b.1961, Brazil
2 WorksMarcos Chaves
—b.1961, Brazil
3 WorksAdriano Costa
—b.1975, Brazil
2 WorksNicola Costantino
—b.1964, Argentina
4 WorksAbraham Cruzvillegas
—b.1968, Mexico
1 WorkCaetano De Almeida
—b.1964, Brazil
1 WorkIran Do Espirito Santo
—b.1963, Brazil
1 WorkMatías Duville
—b.1974, Argentina
1 WorkSebastian Gordin
—b.1969, Argentina
1 WorkCarlos Huffmann
—b.1980, Argentina
2 WorksGabriel Kuri
—b.1970, Mexico
1 WorkSze Tsung Leong
—b.1970, Mexico
1 WorkLaura Lima
—b.1971, Brazil
1 WorkLos Carpinteros
—est.1991, Cuba
1 WorkMateo López
—b. 1978, Colombia
2 WorksJorge Macchi
—b.1963, Argentina
1 WorkRodrigo Matheus
—b. 1974, Brazil
1 WorkJorge Mayet
—b.1962, Cuba
1 WorkMoris (Israel Meza Moreno)
—b. 1978, Mexico
5 WorksMarcelo Moscheta
—b.1976, Brazil
1 WorkVik Muniz
—b.1961, Brazil
2 WorksLavar Munroe
—b.1982, Bahamas
2 WorksPaulo Nazareth
—b.1977, Brazil
1 WorkJorge Pedro Nuñez
—b.1976, Venezuela
1 WorkDamian Ortega
—b.1967, Mexico
2 WorksBernardo Ortiz
—b.1972, Colombia
2 WorksRodolpho Parigi
—b.1977, Brazil
1 WorkNicolas Paris
—b.1977, Colombia
1 WorkJosé Patrício
—b.1960, Brazil
1 WorkPedro Reyes
—b.1972, Mexico
3 WorksNicolas Robbio
—b.1975, Brazil
2 WorksThiago Rocha Pitta
—b.1980, Brazil
1 WorkRegina Silveira
—b.1939, Brazil
2 WorksRodrigo Torres
—b.1976, Colombia
3 WorksDelson Uchoa
—b.1956, Brazil
1 WorkErika Verzutti
—b.1971, Brazil
1 WorkAdrian Villar Rojas
—b.1980, Argentina
4 WorksLaura Vinci
—b.1962, Brazil
1 Work