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Das visuelle Vokabular von Os Gêmeos ist überbordend und mitreißend: Die Inspirationen für ihre knallbunten, mit gelben Figuren bevölkerten Wandbilder oder riesigen, wie Zimmer möblierten Köpfe sind ebenso Träume wie alltägliche Eindrücke. Das urbane Chaos New Yorks, die Volkskunst, Farben, Muster und Mythologien Brasiliens - all das absorbieren Os Gêmeos für ihre surrealen Bilder und Installationen.
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"Graffiti art in the Rococo phase" is what New York Times critic Roberta Smith called the works of Os Gêmeos (The twins). This August, the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Boston, presents the work of the Brazilian brothers Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo in their first U.S. solo museum show, sponsored by Deutsche Bank. Like Banksy and Shepard Fairey, these so-called street artists have made the leap into established museums. They have been working on their fantastic, imagistic world since 1987, which bounces high against low and speaks both to the art world and the average member of the public. Os Gêmeos's visual vocabulary is exuberant and irresistible: dreams and everyday impressions inspire its colorful murals, populated with yellow figures, or huge installations of heads that are furnished like rooms. In these surreal paintings and installations, Os Gêmeos absorb everything from New York's urban chaotic energy to folk art, bright colors, patterns, and Brazilian mythology. The brothers photograph people in their surroundings and then immortalize them in their works: kids and artists from São Paulo's graffiti scene, musicians, carnivals, and processions.
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