Brazilian Artists' Mural Subject of Controversy

August 21, 2012 By Mediha Sandhu

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Os Gemeos stir up some debates on art and end up being a lot more political then they might have wanted.

A new mural by the Brazilian street art twins, Os Gemeos creates a stir with community. Geoff Hargadon

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Os Gemeos (Portuguese for The Twins) is the name the Brazilian graffiti artist twins go by in the art world. They usually create pieces on a grand scale, featuring yellow-skinned characters. Their subjects range from family portraits to social and political circumstances, and even Brazilian folklore.

Os Gemeos' latest work is a mural at Boston's Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway at Dewey Square. It's painted on a Big Dig venilation building.

It draws criticsm from a diverse group of people, who leave comments such as "terrorist," "raghead," "wife of a terrorist," "gay ninja," or that it is, "...seriously poor taste." And that's just some of the tamer ones.

It just might be as Johnny Dow comments, a "rorschach test for idiots and racists."