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1st Edition
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- Artists
- Os Gemeos
 - Edition Details
| Year: | 2005 | | Class: | Original Art | | Status: | Official | | Run: | 1 | | Technique: | Original Mixed Media |
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Acrylic and spray paint on canvas, in artists' painted wood frame
71 3/4 x 56 in. (182.2 x 142.2 cm.)
Phillips
Latin America
New York 23 May 2013 4pm
Sold for $149,000
Exhibited
Miami, Deitch Projects, Special Projects at the Design District, Os Gêmeos,December 1-5, 2005
Literature
P. Alonzo, Os Gêmeos, Berkeley, 2012, p. 30 (illustrated)
Catalogue Essay
Os Gêmeos’ shared artistic vision draws inspiration from their everyday cosmopolitan lives, fused with imagery from rural Brazilian landscapes, urban folklore, and the surreal world of dreams. A major force in public and urban art, Os Gêmeos is the artistic collaboration of identical twin brothers Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo, who began their artistic career twenty years ago as graffiti artists creating large-scale works in the streets of their native São Paulo. Their unique and instantly recognizable style is a combination of a whimsical palette, the use of unsuspecting artistic materials, and surrealist motifs.
Emblematic of Os Gêmeos’ aesthetic and conceptual approaches, Glass House presents a portrait of a woman staring directly at the viewer, holding a patch of land with a house in her hands as a dog takes refuge under her dress. She is depicted in a bright yellow hue against a yellow, psychedelic sky, which the artists say is the same color present in their dreams. The title of the work suggests the frailty of the woman’s condition— as the dog seeks shelter and protection she, too, needs a safe place. The present lot is a prime example of Os Gêmeos’ distinctive aesthetic and their inimitable style, charged with symbols from their personal mythology.
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