OS GEMEOS, at MOCA / GEFFEN, photos by De Madrugada

GONZAGA BRAZIL by Listen Clothing, concept by Listen Recovery

NAIQUE “Nike com NUNCA” world cup project

Nunca is one of the most prolific ‘grafiteiro’ from the concrete jungle’s of Såo Paulo, Brazil.  From a young age starting as a “pixador”.

Francisco Rodriguez da Silva also call by his close friends “Kiko”.  Nunca has attracted the graffiti eye from every angle of the world, touring the European continent and participating in expositions in various events in his native Brazil.

Nunca was hit up by Nike sportswear “soccer” to do a project / collaboration for the upcoming World Cup in South Africa.  The collection included 3+ pairs of different styles of soccer shoes as well as a vulcanized high top, soccer jerseys, polos, t-shirts, hood sweaters and other items…

His trademark of Pixação has allow him to create icons and mascots for the collection as well as some indigenous artwork and his famous line work and bold pixo angles on his distinctive style.

Nike has release the collection this month, May 2010, and you can view more of Nunca x Nike Sportwear. (photos)>

GALLERY of NUNCA in BRAZIL (past blogs on Listen Recovery)

http://nandopontes.blogspot.com/ (blog intro)

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FLIP e MARCELO D2: “Nunca Esquecer”

FLIP new art in RIO, BRASIL.

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FLIP blog updates

ESCADARIA SELARON, Snt Tereza: Rio De Janeiro. Arte Mundial (brief autobiography by Selaron) / Photo story by Oliver ‘Souls’ Velasquez

I was born in Chile, South America in 1947 and  after travelling, working and living in more than 50 countries, I arrived in Brazil in 1983. In 1990, I started work on my major masterpiece which, little by little, turned into the most original stairway in the world. It has 250 stairs and is 125 metres long. In the beginning, everyone laughed at me I covered the steps in green, blue and yellow tiles – the colours of the Brazilian flag. As I worked, my profession changed from painter to sculptor, my hands covered in blood, calluses, irritating and in pain. Even though the work was difficult, I was passionate about it.

The rent was late, the phone was cut but every time I succeeded in finding some money, I bought materials and continued, obsessed and possessed.
I worked without rest and I stopped when I had no more material left. When that happened, I painted paintings to earn some money so that I would be able to continue my work. Since 1977, I have painted and drawn over 25,000 pregnant women, my choice of subject due to a past personal issue. I have already painted more than 300 tiles and I have put much of my life into my masterpiece. I have invented a fantastic unique technique which consists of constantly changing the tiles. This gives a unique energy, and makes it a living, mutating work of art with over 2000 different tiles, collected in over 60 different countries.

by OLIVER ‘SOULS’ VELASQUEZ (from his diaries in Brazil 2008)

Jorge Selarón was born in Chile in 1947. He traveled, lived and worked as a painter and sculptor in over 50 countries around the world before arriving and deciding to settle in Rio de Janeiro in 1983.

In 1990, Selarón began renovating a dilapidated stairway that ran along the font of his house. At first, neighbours mocked him for his choice of colours as he covered the steps in fragments of blue, green and yellow tiles – the colours of the Brazilian flag.  It was a tribute to the Brazilian people.

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