Marking Up the Marks in Sao Paulo, Brazil by ¥ego $.V. / October 15
Graffiti kids in Brazil, “pixadores”, busted into an upscale gallery and created what looks like thousands of dollars of damage in protest of the commercialization of street art this past week. Sao Paulo is home to Brazilian graf and serves as an excellent example of what we in 21MC like to call Creole Typography. Graffiti in the world’s second Blackest country on earth has adapted to Sao Paulo’s culture, environment, and architecture like perhaps no other modern letterforms I’ve seen. 21MC supports these pixadores in their fight to keep graf on the streets (aka relevant) and… well… punk, for lack of a better word. Of course, this is a complex issue, and artists should be able to get paid for the work they do. However, when pixador culture is being appropriated, it’s only natural to try to take it back like a maroon. First read and seen here.
