Pichação
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Pichação, sometimes misspelled as pixação (), is the name given to a type of Brazilian graffiti. It consists of tagging done in a distinctive, cryptic style, mainly on walls and vacant buildings. Many pichadores (pichação painters) compete to paint in high and inaccessible places, using such techniques as free climbing and abseiling to reach the locations. The main difference between graffiti and pichação is both the consenting nature and benevolent artistic expression of graffiti, whereas pichação is made as an act of vandalism without consent and to uglify a public space as a form of protest
Key facts
- Art movement.name
- Pichação
- Art movement.image
- Pixacao12.jpg
- Art movement.yearsactive
- 1980s–present
- Art movement.location
- São Paulo and other South–Central Brazilian cities
- Art movement.influences
- Heavy metal aesthetic
- Art movement.influenced
- 21st century graffiti
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Pichação, sometimes misspelled as pixação (), is the name given to a type of Brazilian graffiti. It consists of tagging done in a distinctive, cryptic style, mainly on walls and vacant buildings. Many pichadores (pichação painters) compete to paint in high and inaccessible places, using such techniques as free climbing and abseiling to reach the locations. The main difference between graffiti and pichação is both the consenting nature and benevolent artistic expression of graffiti, whereas pichação is made as an act of vandalism without consent and to uglify a public space as a form of protest and social validation. thumb|right|Pichação in Curitiba
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pichação” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.