Anonimundo – Pegheads and Washing Lines
I first became aware of Anonimundo when I visited Pedra do Sal – Rio’s favourite free samba venue (Monday nights). I was having a bit of a look around when I noticed a brilliant piece of art on a broken down old wall (see above). This chirpy little clothes peg figure was playing the guitar whose string was doubling as a clothes line holding shirts spelling out the word ‘samba’. I loved it straight away.
It wasn’t until quite a while later that I saw another piece of work that was clearly by the same artist. This time I was walking the streets of Lapa during one of my Food Tours, when I saw this:
This is on Avenida Mem de Sá in Lapa.
What a cool piece of work. It vaguely reminded me of a piece by Escher I had seen years ago (I eventually found the one I was thinking of – Drawing Hands).
I’ve been doing some Googling, but so far haven’t unearthed much information about this mysterious artist – they have a blog, but it seems that he/she is staying true to their pseudonym. It’s clear to see from the artist’s work though, that Anonimundo has a fixation with clothes and clothes pegs. Here are a selection of pieces taken from the artist’s blog and Facebook page:
An extension of the Portuguese idiom “Não procura chife em cabeça de carvalo” (Don’t look for a horn on the head of a horse). The extra line reads “Procure unicórnios!” (Search for unicorns!).
I’m not sure if it’s intentional, but this one reminded me of Gabriel García Márquez’s book “100 Years of Solitude” in which one of the characters is constantly accompanied by a flock of yellow butterflies.
Rodin’s Anonimundo’s “The Thinker”.
Revolution is like a bicycle – when the wheels don’t turn, it falls.
So that’s it for today – just a quick look at a street artist who has done some very nice work on the streets of Rio. Tonight I’ll be doing a mini Brazilian beer tasting session, all in the name of ‘research’ – I’ll report back soon!
That first work made me think of this song by Lula Queiroga – Roupa no Varal
Awesome song Barriane! I’d never heard that one before, but I loved it – cool lyrics :)
I liked the “Não procura chife em cabeça de carvalho, porcure unicórnios” line: an invitation to be creative instead of mundane. The coat hanger feeding the musicians brain is also nice – although I spotted an Argentine national jersey plus what seems to be Boca Juniors shirt on that line (so the singer is a moron, it is a clever concept nonetheless).
Btw are these friends of yours?
Nice spot with the Argentina & Boca shirts, though now that I notice the first “A” is in the colour of Mangueira samba school, I’m thinking that maybe the other shirts are in the colours of other samba schools and blocos (the “M” could be a Bola Preta shirt; the second “A” could be Unidos da Tijuca, etc).
Was never a huge fan of gardening programmes on TV, but the main presenter (Monty Don) always seemed like a nice bloke.
“Was never a huge fan of gardening programmes on TV”
I fell the same way; yet I like the show´s approach to the subject.
Try this episode containing the kitchen garden theme (the second topic starting at 30:17.
Those graffiti are simply amazing! In Rio’s street art there is so much culture blending altogether! I can’t wait for next year carnival, another reason to love Brazil artistic side!