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 316. Racing Cars/ Corrida de Carros  

Kids and cars. The Brazilian fashion designer Baixo Ribeiro helped Speto with the soft furnishings for his room, but did all the wall-spraying and drawing himself. Although he calls himself a “big child” and says his art is “naïve and innocent”, there is an acute sense of history, politics and the art of survival in his work. “I have always played with cars and I still collect them. Men have always been fascinated by cars: here, the hotrods of the fifties were my inspiration. This room is the most childish.”


Speto – Brazil: Speto was born and raised in São Paulo. His creative background is one of urban art and graffiti but his illustrations also have a “woodcut” feel, showing variations on distinctive South American folklore motifs. Speto cites his influences as being: “Cordels, painted calabashes, Russian puppets, Chinese paper cut-outs, black magic Orishas, Catholic icons, Japanese mangas and Polynesian deities.” He also works in animation, motion graphics and video and is a self-confessed workaholic with client list as varied as his influences.
www.speto.com.br

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