Os Gêmeos (The Brothers) are twins Otávio and Gustavo Pandolfo. Based in Brazil, they have been painting graffiti since 1987, and their work is now equally at home in the museums and biennales of the world as it is on the streets of their neighbourhood, Cambuci, in São Paulo.
'We wanted to try to break from tradition an...d make it different from graffiti that can be seen in Europe or the US,' Otávio Pandolfo says. 'We tried to search for more Brazilian roots, not just folklore or popular Brazilian culture, but something that myself and my brother always believed in, the world that we created.' While adhering to many traditions of New York-style graffiti, Os Gêmeos bring a sense of lyricism and romanticism to their work.
Their dreamlike subjects range from family portraits to social and political commentary, often depicted in a distinctive bright yellow: 'When we dream, everything we dream has yellow tones', Gustavo Pandolfo explains. 'This is something of ours, myself and my brother. We use it in our painting. We can't use another colour. We have to use yellow.'
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