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Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am. has finally made the leap from artist to artwork.  Os Gêmeos–identical twin graffiti artists from São Paulo, Brazil–were the artists behind this piece titled “Boombox Planet“.  Their rendering, in the likeness of will.i.am., places the BEP member atop a boombox globe with an outer-space backdrop.  This is certainly no Picasso, nevertheless, the Brazilian-duo put together an aesthetically pleasing piece.

Check out some of their other installations: Los Angeles, Modena, Lisboa and Rio De Janeiro

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International street artists are currently conquering the art market, with auction houses, collectors, and galleries demanding top prices for their work. This book and DVD package features interviews with key artists including Banksy, Futura, Ramm:ell:zee, Os Gemeos, Invader, Barnstormers, WK Interact, Zevs, Blek le Rat, André, Noki, and Eine. Graffiti-inspired street art pioneers Futura, Ramm:ell:zee, and Blek le Rat discuss their own work, how street art was born out of the days of subway train graffiti, spraypainting and tagging, and how the new movement of street artists are doing things differently.

Filmed in New York, London, Paris, São Paulo, and Tokyo, the accompanying documentary shows the artists at work: Zevs practicing his “Visual Kidnappings” of advertising billboards, Blek le Rat sticking up outsized stencils, Os Gemeos painting their lyrical, folklore-inspired murals; and Invader putting up his unique mosaic wall tile images.

Goetz Werner is a TV director and print journalist, and a regular contributor to Lodown magazine. Sebastian Peiter is Managing Director of UK based TV company Urban Canyons Ltd, and Series Producer of the URBANATION TV series.

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