Os Gêmeos - Contemporary Art & Design Evening Sale New York Thursday, March 7, 2013 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Galleria Patricia Armocida, Milan

  • Exhibited

    Milan, Galleria Patricia Armocida, Nos braos de um anjo, January 25-March 25, 2010

  • Catalogue Essay

    Brazilian-born twins Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo, widely known as Os Gêmeos, are a major force in contemporary and urban art. Their creative collaborations, manifesting as surreal paintings and large-scale public installations, are imbued with a strong sense of vitality and generously provide the viewer with an inlet into their collective imagination. It is in this unique realm that the brothers’ immediate surroundings – particularly in their neighborhood in São Paulo, Cambuci – undergo a magical artistic transformation. The narrative elements of their work draw inspiration from their everyday cosmopolitan lives, synthesized with imagery culled from rural Brazil, landscapes, and folklore.
    Its fantastical color palette and psychedelic motifs render Landscape a quintessential Os Gêmeos dreamscape, a pastiche of hallucinatory fervor. Despite its obvious two-dimensionality, the painting’s surface is camouflaged by a backdrop of prismatic luminosity. Draped in orid fabric, the central figure traverses our visual field by boat among a sea of bobbing heads. The otherworldly subject matter ignites our imaginations. The ocean of yellow and brown monotonous faces through which our traveler sails his course represents sweeping possibilities.

  • Artist Biography

    Os Gêmeos

    Brazilian • 1974

    Born Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo, Os Gêmeos ('The Twins') are graffiti artists from São Paulo whose style is influenced by both Brazilian tradition and hip hop culture. Their work often features yellow-skinned figures but is otherwise diverse, ranging from interpretations of Brazilian folklore to social and political commentary. With the advent of American hip hop culture in Brazil in the late 1980s, the identical twins became interested in breakdancing. This led them to begin emulating New York graffiti art they had seen in photos before starting to consciously incorporate elements of Brazilian culture into their art and develop their own style. Their creative output graces walls across the world, from Scotland to Los Angeles, and also includes sculptures and installations.

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Landscape

2009
acrylic and spray paint on canvas
79 x 63 in. (200.7 x 160 cm)

Estimate
$80,000 - 120,000 

Sold for $134,500

Contemporary Art & Design Evening Sale

7 March 2013
New York