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GUI – Graffiti in Brazil – Sao Paulo

GUI Talks to WG about Graffiti and Painting in Brazil

Street art and graffiti in Brazil is as vibrant as ever, I first saw GUI’s graffiti art on Twitter (@XGUIX) after he put up a some photos of him painting in a toilet in Brazil (the shots are included, really awesome…).

I love the variety in his art styles, that still keeps the interlocking themes. I’m a big fan of bold colours and solid black lines too, and GUI’s got them, and then some!

GUI graff - Brazil Sao Paulo graffiti art

I wanted to find out more so we’ve got a bit of an interview with GUI to learn more about his art and what graffing in Brazil is like.

WG – How long have you been painting for?

GUI – In 2007 I started to paint in the streets. It’s not so long, but before that I used to play with sprays doing some banners for my school, when they needed to.

GUI graff - Brazil Sao Paulo graffiti art

GUI graff - Brazil Sao Paulo graffiti art - This one has a bit of a BLU vibe I reckon

WG – What got you interested in graffiti art?

GUI – Since I was a kid, my older brother used to show me some graffiti at streets and I live next Cambuci neighborhood, that’s the place where “Os Gemeos” and “Vitché” were born and grew up, and because of that I always watched his draws and used to stay fascinated with that.

Before that my older brother started to teach me some things that he had learned on a draw course and I started to draw and find my own style. After that I never stopped.

When I started my graphic design course in the college, I became even more interested for the street art and I decided to draw in the streets, with a friend that lives in the same neighborhood that me, and that’s what I do until now.

GUI graff - Brazil Sao Paulo graffiti art

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WG – What artists out there inspire you, what artists do you like at the moment?

GUI – Some artists that I always have admired are “Os Gemeos”, “Vitché”, “Onesto”, and others. Nowadays I appreciate “Titi Freak”, “Mr. Zero”, “Highraff”, “Flip”, “Finok” “Aryz” from Spain… there are a lot of people doing a good work, but I can’t remember all of them right now.

GUI graff - Brazil Sao Paulo graffiti art

WG – what music you listening to?

GUI – I listen to almost all kind of rock, since classics to the newest crazy bands and music. I listen to rap and electronic music too. Actually it depends on my mood and what my ears need in the moment.

WG -What materials do you use to paint? So do you have a favourite type of paint or cap?

GUI – I use látex with some pigment to do the foundation, and spray Montana.

I like to use fat cap to do some bombs on the streets and to fill some draws… and pro skinny cap to do the trace (lines) and outlines of my personage and etc.

GUI graff - Brazil Sao Paulo graffiti art

WG - Where is your favourite place to spray?

GUI – My favorite place is anywhere that I’m welcomed by the locals and I prefer a plane wall… lol

Independent of where I am, if I’m ok, with my friends, painting, I don’t need anything else.

GUI graff - Brazil Sao Paulo graffiti art

GUI & CRIS & NALDO & ESCADAO - Brazil Sao Paulo (Cambuci) graffiti art

WG – Is graffiti popular in Brazil or do government councils and locals try and stop it? I’m interested in what normal people in Brazil think of graffiti and street art. In the UK/USA some are more relaxed about it than others…

GUI - Graffiti here in Brazil became popular with the ascension of some guys that do graffiti to the artistic world (cause mostly of people used to see graffiti as something bad, and now some of them can see it as art). But in my city, São Paulo, there’s a law called “cidade limpa” (cleaned city), and when the government think that in some place shouldn’t have a graffiti, they erase the draws painting the wall with gray ink, but it just makes us to want to go back there and do other graffiti, making it to be a persistence and resistance “fight”.

Some people relate graffiti to something dirty, they don’t understand the street art, so sometimes we have to listen some people complaining. But in the other hand, when I’m doing some painting, a lot of people pass and compliment… so, sometimes I can’t imagine the reaction of people.

VERDE (left) & GUI (right) - Brazil Sao Paulo graffiti art

Here is a vid of GUI painting on the streets in Sao Paulo…

So that’s it! Thanks loads to GUI for giving a bit of an insight into his art and graff in Brazil, what a hero!

He’s on Twitter so go find him for more Brazil graffiti (@XGUIX), or check out more of his art on his flickr.

Here are a couple of interesting posts, UBIK from UAE has some wild urban art, and here is some great San Francisco graffiti from earlier in the year.

Awesome Nonoloa graffiti and urban art tshirts…

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