The Archives
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04.26.13Villas PuzzleA mural that I did at my good friend Malu´s place...! [nggallery id=36]
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03.06.13SaillingBack to the streets... Sailling at Rio de Janeiro
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12.13.12Tom ZéTom Zé has always being one of my favourites Brazilian composers.. I spent half of my life listening to his songs. He was one of the founders of the tropicalia movement, with Caetano Veloso, Torquato Neto, Gilberto Gil, etc.. A couple of months ago, I received this surprising call from a friend that is a art director, Richard Vignais, saying:"Hey Villas, how would you like to make an art for the cover of Tom Zé´s new album?" You can imagine how stoned I got.. The project worked out pretty smooth, Tom Zé loved the painting I did and that was probably ...
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10.30.12Vovó Cambinda[caption id="attachment_1057" align="aligncenter" width="482"] "trabalho para o amor" - Vovó Cambinda (Rio de Janeiro)[/caption] Rio de Janeiro has a lot of those informal propaganda painted banners... I decided to make them more fun!
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09.11.12encontrosEncounters...
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07.14.12Pimp My CarroçaLast couple of weeks I was invited to get part in this really beautiful project, created by the street artist, Mundano, who describes himself as a ARTivist. He created a project called Pimp My Carroça, inspired by MTV’s Pimp My Ride, for which he paints designs with a message on street collectors’ wooden carts to raise funds for them and get more recognition for the incredible recycling work they do. Thanks to Mel Duarte and her support and to Zé Carlos and his familly who let me paint their cart! It was a special day! [nggallery id=31]
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06.22.12ManguinhosThis´s a big mural in a super conflictive area here in Rio de Janeiro. This area is quite dangerous, while I was painting there I saw cars being stolen, shootings between police and drug dealers, crack addicts stealing people... Super tense atmosphere... But this neighbourhood has a lot of good people living there as well, with their childrens... So I decided to paint a child´s dream.. playing and being happy. The words that I wrote are from a Brazilian poet (Mario Quintana) and makes a wordplay that translated, it´s not that much fun... but it´s something like "The will ...
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04.23.12San JordiFeliz dia de São Jorge! Feliç diada de Sant Jordi per tothom! Minha Homenagem ao Santo Guerreiro!
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04.04.12BundaThis weekend´s giant ass graffiti from Boris Hoppek + Nina + Villas + Antonio Bokel
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03.13.12Rio de JaneiroI was enjoying so much Brazilian carnival that I was almost forgetting how much I love to paint in the streets! This is a very abandoned neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, all the friends that I made today was homeless people, invisible for many.. Sidney spent the day with me helping and being nice. I intend to come back there and make more drawings!
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01.31.12EquilibristaO equilibrista, collaboration with my friend MDG - Rio de Janeiro
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01.31.12IndoorsFor Fashion Bussiness fair (Jockey Club, Rio de Janeiro) - Thanks to Camila and Ligia!
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12.16.11Pretos Novos[nggallery id=29] Grande Honra ter sido convidado para pintar esse pequeno mural no Instituto dos Pretos Novos. Lugar incrível e parte da nossa estória (esquecida e vergonhosa). Um cemitério de escravos que chegavam à cidade já debilitados de saúde pela viagem em navio e morriam antes mesmo de serem comprados. Eram jogados todos juntos numa mesma vala coletiva, sem respeito às tradições das religiões africanas que consideram o sepultamento uma premissa para uma continuação da vida em outro plano junto aos seus antepassados. Enfim, o memorial foi inaugurado essa semana e está lindo..! ...
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11.30.11My streetIt´s been a while since I started to make characters made of wood and spread it around, like my birds... This time I wanted to make something fun at my street here in Rio de Janeiro... and interact with the people I hang each single day when I go to work or to the beach... They are all crazy about soccer and they are all day long teasing each other about who´s going to win Brazilian championship...Well, this is my way to say: -" It´s nice to be around again!" [nggallery id=28]
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09.18.11New studio!We had a great time celebrating with our friends our new studio in Rio de Janeiro! [nggallery id=26]
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07.31.11
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06.06.11BirdsRio de Janeiro Barcelona
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04.24.11Cheguei!Yeah! First graffiti in Rio since I arrived here! Nice, nice! In the wall: Villas+Thiago+Ment+Mdga+Big
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03.22.11Verão da CulturaVerão da Cultura, at Parque Laje, Rio de Janeiro. Such a nice exhibition! Good to be back in Rio! [nggallery id=24]
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03.10.11Totems"Totems" , Barcelona january 2011