Street Art in São Paulo Part 11 - ALEX SENNA

Check out the amazing street art by Alex Senna, an artist and illustrator from São Paulo. His pieces are very distinctive and can be found all over the city. His work has become an integral part of this citys`character and urban image of São Paulo. 

Alex`s work has already been featured during exhibitions and in galleries from Miami, Toronto and New York to Paris, London and Berlin. Follow Alex on Instagram (@alexsenna) and check out his website www.alexsenna.com.br.

VIDEO: Street Art in São Paulo Part 10 - CADUMEN

Street art in this city is truly incredible and never ceases to amaze me. One of São Paulos great street artists is Cadu Mendonca aka Cadumen. His work is inspired by nature, Brazilian folk art and urban street art. Cadu has already painted, amongst others, the walls of the MIS in São Paulo (museum for audiovisual art) and smaller spaces in Ibirapuera Park, turning them into beautiful pieces of art.

Ever wondered how a mural is made? Check out this "making of" edition:

Check out some more of his incredible work below:

Follow Cadumen here:

https://www.facebook.com/cadumen
http://www.cadumendonca.com/
www.instagram.com/cadumen_arte

VIDEO: Wheatpasting in São Paulo

Wheatpaste.Doc is a 2012 Brazilian documentary about "wheatpasting", wheatpaste being a glue made of flour and water commonly used by informal advertisers and street artists alike to quickly attach large pieces of paper or posters to walls.



The documentary, “Cola de Farinha” follows various artists around São Paulo during a 20 minute introduction to the wheatpaste scene of São Paulo. Well worth a watch!

Street Art in São Paulo Part 9 - TEC

Street artist TEC, an argentine who recently made the move from Buenos Aires to São Paulo has been busy decorating the local roads. Various supersize street paintings have appeared throughout the city, below are a selection of photos:

More São Paulo street art here

Street Art in São Paulo Part 8 - Felipe Yung

Felipe Yung is an artist / muralist from Vila Mariana in São Paulo and one of the best known names on the street art scene. Even though he is Brazilian his creations often feel more asian than latin american but always abstract enough to create intrigue. Using a lot of brushwork and presumably a lot of time he recently create a new mural in downtown on Rua Augusta.

Check out the pictures below of his latest brightly coloured piece:

VIDEO: King Cap, new graffiti shop and gallery in SP

Here's the teaser video to the new graffiti shop and gallery King Cap, opening imminently in the pseudo-hipster neighbourhood of Vila Madalena:

KINGCAP #SP Teaser Expo SLIKS from SINLOGO on Vimeo.

The place opens with an exhibition from prolific São Paulo street artist SLIKS. Here are a couple of examples of his work for those of you unfamiliar with him:

Street Art in São Paulo Part 6 - Pinheiros

Somewhat overshadaowed by the grafitti heavy Vila Madalena, Pinheiros still has some nice street art if you look carefully. A few weeks ago I saw this one headinga long Faria lima towards Alto de Pinheiros area:

Clothes left behind on Avenida Faria Lima

And slightly further on, this friendly elephant was walking down the street:

A runaway elephant cooling down a passerby

More São Paulo street art here

Seen on the streets of São Paulo: Pro-caffeine graffiti

I saw this on the wall of my new favourite coffee hang out the wonderful Coffee Lab in Vila Madalena.

A great place for purists. If you ask them for Decaf they actually won't serve you! :)

Street Art in São Paulo Part 5

Here are a couple more of my favourite bits of street art, both located in the western part of central São Paulo:

Part of the 260m mural at Avenida Paulo VI (Metro Sumaré)

A frog looks out from Rua Inácio Pereira Rocha

More street art in São Paulo here


Street Art in São Paulo Part 4 - space invaders are here
Street Art in São Paulo Part 3 - vila madalena
Street Art in São Paulo Part 2 - painted lamp posts
Street Art in São Paulo Part 1

São Paulo Knit Café advertises via knitted lamp posts

Readers of Discovering São Paulo will remember the post about painted lamp posts (link) scattered around the city. I still don’t know whether this is spontaneous creativity by a handful of individuals or whether there is a reason behind it but a few days ago I found the next level of painted lamp posts. These are knitted lamp posts. Yes, knitted. The street name for this is Yarn Bombing” (bombardeio de novelos in portuguese) or grandma grafitti (grafite da vovó in portuguese).

 

Here’s a couple of pictures of the lamp posts on Mourato Coleho 678 in Vila Madalena. 

Close up of a knitted lamp post

This tree is knitted too

In this case this is street marketing for the new Knit Café Novelaria. And before you ask what a Knit café is here are some pictures.

Knit with friends on the sofas

Choose your wool and knit away

The idea is you come in, buy some wool, order a coffee and sit down to knit with other members of the local knitting community. I don’t think I’m personally taking up knitting anytime soon but it’s a novel concept :)

Street Art in São Paulo Part 3

Here are some snaps taken in and around Vila Madalena, a neighbourhood known amongst other things for its street art scene:

Street Art in São Paulo Part 1

Here are some graffiti seen this weekend in the downtown centro region around República and Anhangabaú