This painting is pretty rad. Similar one was at Deitch and sold for about $40k? Totally worth it!

Done, but this took me ages! So please don't ask me to become the forum translator! If there are a few mistakes in translation, I apologise and anyone please feel free to correct me. Some of the quotes are a bit "out there" so as stated, forgive me if I haven't 100% got it perfect. I think it's very close though.




Paintings of strong, colourful tones, fantastic scenes, extracts of dreams, reality’s routines and the recurring images of red and yellow people, which appear on instruments and speakers, are some notable characteristics of the contemporary production of the 2 brothers Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo (34 yrs old). Together they are “Os Gemeos,” who in May painted the face of a Scottish castle and have had work exhibited at the famous Tate Modern of London and the Deitch Gallery of New York.

For the first time in Curitiba, the duo is presenting 9 brand new works. They are 6 panels, each 1.5m (unclear whether this is height/length etc – probably height at a guess), 2 sculptures and a new interactive installation “Os Musicos” (“The Musicians”). Os Gemeos have worked on these pieces for the past 5 months. With a collective effort the exhibition is sponsored and enabled by the Paranense Energy Company, the Ministry of Culture, the government of Parana, the secretary of state for culture and Caixa (largest Brazilian Bank).


One of the biggest attractions is the mobile sculpture, as yet untitled, which relies on the support of the chassis from a VW Beetle, with head and hands. “When we do a piece of art, we hope for it to speak its’ name to us”, confirms Gustavo. The head has mechanical movements of the eyes and the mouth. After the end of this showing, the hands will also gain articulated motion. In the future the artists plan to use the sculpture in street exhibitions and public places. For the artist, this is a masculine object. The sculpture “will dialogue with another, feminine object”, a cube-head hung from the ceiling of the exhibit with its’ interior totally mirrored. “The visitors will be able to enter it (the big cube-head) and see themselves. It will send its’ own “I”, in dialogue with the masculine sculpture.” (Personally I think he’s on acid! ;D)

Another big attraction is the installation “Os Musicos” (the musicians). Composed of 30 speakers, megaphone, guitar, bass, violin and drums, all painted with the red and yellow characters. “Even though they don’t know how to play, we want the people to play, to express themselves. The speakers will act as the visitor’s spokesperson.” To complete the scenery of the showing of this piece, Os Gemeos did a painted mural on the external wall of the room, during the piece’s assembly.

Identical twins, the majority of the works of the 2 brothers is realised without prior planning. “Normally we don’t arrange or plan, we just get on with it. We always just get designing on paper and then, notepaper in hand, we pass it straight onto a canvass or a wall.” Amongst the poetry of the duo’s images, is the simple routine, the love, the journeys, fishing trips with grandad, the relationships, escapism and contradictions “in search of new paths.” “We make social and political criticisms. In other situations we create a parallel, fantastic, playfully educational world for the power of survival.”


A Fantastic Trajectory.

Gustavo and Otavio started painting in their parents’ living room, then progressed to the streets of Sao Paulo’s Cambuci borough in the 1980s. Surprisingly quickly, the duo Os Gemeos arrived in galleries and museums of the USA and Europe. Years ago, before their talent was recognized by Brazilian specialists, they were discovered by Jeffrey Deitch, the curator of “Too far too close.” It was Deitch who opened the doors for Os Gemeos, at the Deitch Gallery NYC, where they’ve been showing until August this year. It was the same curator (Deitch), who introduced them to the Fortes Villaca Gallery of Sao Paulo, where they exhibited in 2006.

But, their talent and fame has spread throughout the world, since 1994 Gustavo and Otavio have painted in Chile, Argentina, Cuba, USA, Australia, China and in almost the whole of Europe. On the agenda this year remains a preview and exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo (MOT) and participation, in December, in a group modern and contemporary show at Le Louvre, Paris. “For 2009 we have various invitations, but we’ve yet to confirm our plans for the year,” concludes Gustavo.

Thanks for the translation heavyconsumer, that was an interesting read, and cool of you to do.

O por supuesto usted puede también utilizar el Babelfish excelente para hacer la misma cosa.

when anyone finds out about the book can they pm me!!! thanks in advance.

DOH! Now you mention it! I waited a good while for someone to do it, but felt rude having posted the link, that most of you guys wouldn't understand it. Took a good hour or so too! ;D

But that's nice to know for the future anyway. Thanks!

Ah well you see! i couldnt find the Brazilian so i reckoned there might be some nice Os Gemeos loving Spanish speaking people living there who would say this!. Back to the bong i go (not the drug bong though of course... just the hypothetical bong).

Don‘t worry dude, you did a good job on the translation.
I tried babelfish - and it‘s translation was poor compared to yours.

cheers

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fyi - when i spoke to them earlier in the year i sent one version in english and a version in Portuguese using babelfish.... they understood the english fine and had problems with the babelfish version

Nice big Os Gemeos canvases are about as nice as a Banksy or Neate in my opinion, one of the best. Glad they had a show in NYC, so I at least had a peak.

It amazes me that this went unmentioned on a street art forum.
Beautiful piece. I think their work is just so refreshing.
Anyone know if there is any Os G work to see in the flesh in the UK?
Also, anyone know how to get on a waiting list for their canvass work?
Cheers
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Oh, and thanks for the post remi - quality! (and the thread title pun - I assume the pun was intended!)

There was some street pieces in manchester but I think they've gone now.

I thought that was only going to be up for one year and then painted over in a flat coat of paint. Anyone know if it's still there?

I saw the documentary about the castle - was an amazing piece of work - no idea if it's still there - wouldnt suprise me if they decided to keep it, having seen how good it was.
Remi - I had guessed the pun was intended - was merely pointing out the clever title!
Sweet image.

Some great photos there.
The only piece I have seen was the one at the Tate.
Apologies for the poor pic - was loads of stuff in the way, wherever we went.