Street Art: Sao Paulo Graffiti
Slideshow • Rob Verger • 03.19.09 | 9:05 AM ET
The image of the girl and child is by the artist called Ya, and the large image on the right is by Boleta.
Slideshow • Rob Verger • 03.19.09 | 9:05 AM ET Photo 6 of 10
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Joanna 03.19.09 | 3:47 PM ET
Great slideshow, Rob!!!
JN 03.25.09 | 11:38 PM ET
Beautiful and thoughtful slideshow!
Mary 04.10.09 | 6:36 AM ET
Great pictures. I live in São Paulo. One of my favorite pieces appears all over the city along key avenues: a large stern block-like face, accompanied by the sentence: “Você é um escravo do trânsito.” [You are a slave to traffic.] I always chuckle when I see it because it captures one of the inevitabilities of living here.
Nena 04.11.09 | 3:03 PM ET
Great pictures, Rob! Congratulations!
Augusto 04.11.09 | 3:07 PM ET
The slideshow is really very good! Great job!
Jenny 04.13.09 | 3:36 PM ET
These are the things I notice when I travel. I haven’t been to South America yet so thank you for bringing street-level art to those of us who long to visit but haven’t yet. I just loved these shots. My favorite artist: Onesto
Keep snapping and keeping the underground art scene alive!
Jenny
amy 04.13.09 | 7:34 PM ET
I currently live in SP. and I absolutely love the street art here.!
how did you get in touch with the artists, or did you?
please let me know. greatly appreciated
beijos.
Rob Verger 04.15.09 | 10:42 PM ET
Thanks to everyone for the kind comments! I’m glad to see that others find this street art to be as beautiful as I do.
Amy: I’m happy to tell you how I got in touch with the artists. A good place to start is the Choque Cultural gallery: http://www.choquecultural.com.br/
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—Rob