Gonzagão — artwork #10014 by Eduardo Kobra · Recife, Brazil
graffiti portrait monumental realism kaleidoscope luiz-gonzaga
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Born Carlos Eduardo Fernandes Léo on 27 August 1975 in the working-class neighbourhood of Jardim Martinica, São Paulo, Eduardo Kobra was drawing on walls by the age of eleven and immersed in the city's hip-hop graffiti scene by fifteen. In 1995 he founded Studio Kobra in Vila Madalena, developing the kaleidoscopic geometric style — vivid colours fractured into repeating squares and triangles — tha…
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Added 20/04/2026
A monumental mural 77 metres tall and 16 metres wide painted in March 2015 by Eduardo Kobra and Studio Kobra on the blind facade of a building in central Recife. The hyperrealist portrait of Luiz Gonzaga (1912-1989), singer and accordionist, pioneer of baião and icon of north-eastern Brazilian culture, is rendered in Kobra's signature kaleidoscopic style: a grid of coloured geometric diamonds covering the face. At the time of its completion it was the tallest wall mural in Latin America.
The artwork Gonzagão is of type graffiti. You can admire it in the city of Recife in Brazil, more precisely here: Avenida Conde da Boa Vista, Boa Vista, Recife.
This graffiti is also tagged as: portrait, monumental, realism, kaleidoscope, luiz-gonzaga.
Find all artworks by the artists who contributed to its creation by clicking on their name: Eduardo Kobra
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