Os Gemeos - The Brazilian Wonder Twins
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Os Gemeos & JR Memorialize Obscure WWII Nazi Raid on French Instruments
http://www.supertouchart.com/2016/04/09 ... struments/Few of the thousands of attendees who walk the halls of Paris’ Palais de Tokyo every year have any idea that a subterranean network of tunnels below the elite art institution were once the overflow storage space for plundered Nazi pianos as part of the Third Reich’s little-known initiative to confiscate French instruments after occupying Paris in 1940. It’s an obscure bit of WWII history to be sure, but one that’s now been memorialized by artistic comrades-in-arms JR & Os Gemoes whose new collaboration—featuring a combination of JR’s photographic wheatpaste pianos & the Brasilian wondertwin’s yellow spray-painted characters on the walls of the tunnels below the museum—pays visual homage to the space’s once-sinister usage.
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I've loved looking at the work of these brothers - I think I prefer their more muted work to the really colourful patterns - but then I love some of those too so I'm still not sure.
The pictures with children and parents are very endearing and have such a soulful quality about them; the child hugging her dad, the mother holding the baby with the little girl hiding behind her.
Then you've got those clever ones like the guy on the back of the train and the almost cylindrical people like wooden dolls.
Even with the darker material with the pianos (I didn't know about the pianos - about art work yes but not the pianos) their work is full of pathos - including in the eyes of the dogs; how do you get so much expression in a face with so few details?
I think the addition of the JR's boy is great - it just fits so well and makes the work of all artists stand out even more.
Brilliant.
The pictures with children and parents are very endearing and have such a soulful quality about them; the child hugging her dad, the mother holding the baby with the little girl hiding behind her.
Then you've got those clever ones like the guy on the back of the train and the almost cylindrical people like wooden dolls.
Even with the darker material with the pianos (I didn't know about the pianos - about art work yes but not the pianos) their work is full of pathos - including in the eyes of the dogs; how do you get so much expression in a face with so few details?
I think the addition of the JR's boy is great - it just fits so well and makes the work of all artists stand out even more.
Brilliant.
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Very interesting history and info on the tunnels. So sad. I like the little surprises these two put in their works..it's almost like nesting dolls sometimes - the small figure may hold an even smaller figure in its hand for instance. It's nice that they work together.
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