
www.favelapainting.com The Favela Painting Project by Dre Urhahn and Jeroen Koolhaas. Watch interviews with the participating kids from Vila Cruzeiro. Haas & Hahn is the working name of Dutch artists Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn. After receiving international acclaim for Favela Painting, their current project in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, they are preparing to embark on a wild journey to bring their outrageous works of art to other unexpected places around the world. Drawing inspiration from various aspect of modern city life and observing the growing effects of urbanization, they aim to 'flip' common reality inside out, incorporating various artistic media to question the public perception. In 2006 they realized a large video installation in Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam, which was later shown during a cultural festival in Maratea, Italy. In Amsterdam, they exhibited various artworks, which were auctioned by Christies to raise funds for the realization of their 'Favela Painting' project. Their work was also shown at the 2008 Shenzhen-Hong Kong Architecture Biennale and has been part of various group exhibits. Their documentary about the lives of young rappers in the Brazilian slums has been broadcast on Dutch and Brazilian television and is still successfully shown at international film and culture festivals. Haas & Hahn are currently at work on their second painting in the 'Favela Painting'-series. The first work, 'The boy with the kite', completed in <b>...</b>
favela
painting
vila
cruzeiro
ibiss
vito
mauri
kite
art
murals
dre
urhahn
jeroen
koolhaas