Yes We Van – Super Vanessa

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Sobre Vanessa Teodoro já muito se escreveu e, acima de tudo, viu – Red Bull, Canon, WESC, Pampero, MTV ou Computer Arts fazem parte do seu portfolio. “Super Van”, directora de arte, dá um cunho muito pessoal ao que apresenta – trabalha há 3 anos com agências de publicidade, e é ilustradora, designer gráfica e street artist em Lisboa, desempenhando um papel polivalente enquanto artista plástica e marca própria, facilmente reconhecível. Tem referências tão diversas como o graffiti, as tatuagens, o feminismo, padrões africanos – afinal, Vanessa nasceu na Cidade do Cabo – ou livros de banda desenhada, que combina com uma linguagem forte, figurativa e expressiva, em meios tão diversos como o papel, o digital ou uma parede; em… Read More →

EIME, the stencil artist

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Urban Art is a movement that has been growing throughout the world, more particularly in Portugal, with the creation of the project Urban Art Gallery. As always, in good projects that are names that pop up, and even if all of them are worth mentioning, I bring you the work of EIME. We had a little talk, and we learned more about his art, his passions and his plans for the future. The real name of EIME is Daniel Teixeira, “create a false identity is part of the universe of urban art” he tells me. “When I began these travels, primarily in graffiti, I had a tag (artistic name) served to hide myself and create some mystery to me because I… Read More →

Lisbon, the heart of Urban Art

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The Urban Art Gallery of Lisbon (GAU) has been on top of every news publications about art on the street. Yes, Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, is the place to be when it comes to this urban and contemporary form of expression. The curious fact: it is part of the Lisbon City Hall, it’s organized and planned to the detail by them. The Urban Art Gallery is the chief platform for urban art in the country, and has already a well-known relevance in the city context, with walls and panels full of art from different artists, all over the country and abroad. Portugal has a history of painted tiles and Portuguese pavement, and the urban art has now a place… Read More →