HARDCOVER
200 X 265mm
284pgs
Pixações have taken over São Paulo. Meaning ‘trace’ or ‘stain’ and dating back in its contemporary form to the mid-1980s, pixaçõe is a striking form of graffiti unique to the city that developed when Sao Paulo writers began creating imaginary calligraphic signatures influenced by hybrid blackletter, historic letterforms and the logos of heavy metal bands. Claiming the architectural facades of the city, the omnipresent pixações are a true calligraphic shock that have caused a deep aesthetic transformation of the face of Sao Paulo.
