As OSGEMEOS, twin brothers Gustavo and Otavio Pandolfo are perhaps best known as pioneers of Brazilian public art, with their work often featuring long limbed yellow characters, vibrant colors, and elaborate patterns. Across their practice, OSGEMEOS have brought their distinctive style to a range of substrates—from building facades to discarded doors, from wood panels to canvas. The duo draws inspiration from a variety of art forms, including graffiti, animation, film, dance, and music, to create complex, highly imaginative works that fuse distinct cultural references and modes of artistic representation. While the artists find inspiration in numerous sources, their distinct visual language is always charged with personal significance, incorporating their family, travels, and their fantasy universe, which they have named “Tritez.” OSGEMEOS’ signature thinly outlined, yellow-hued figures, for example, recall the yellow-tinged light that permeated the artists’ childhood home, while their vast array of signs and symbols are often drawn from their own dreams, which, as twins, they frequently share.
