‘Street culture is about revolution’: Brazilian ‘hip-hop’ painter Paulo Nimer Pjota

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‘Street culture is about revolution’: Brazilian ‘hip-hop’ painter Paulo Nimer Pjota

The artist started with graffiti at 13 in São Paulo. Now, he samples motifs from mythology and his vast, fantastical paintings have taken over the walls of the South London Gallery Paulo Nimer Pjota was 15 when he sold his first painting and already a three-year veteran. “I don’...

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/apr/28/paulo-nimer-pjota-painter-artist-encantados-south-london-gallery
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(Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:28:42 +0000)