Panmela Castro is one of the main names in the history of graffiti in Rio de Janeiro. The graffiti compose codes that only intimate walkers of the urban landscape are wise to master. It is a movement unique to Brazilian cities and with little connection to graffiti culture or street art. In the past they were used to denounce the military dictatorship, and in much of Latin America, it was appropriated by the feminist movement in its claims.
By leaving the anonymity of a message on the gray concrete of the city, the action is free of prohibitions or punishments, but when the lines are in a mirror, it becomes a process of empathy and otherness, about what you would leave for the other that suits you too.
Sometimes Panmela's mirrors are small traditional paintings, sometimes they are public art projects, and at other times, a participatory performance where passers-by place themselves as authors leaving their own messages for themselves, and for the other.
By leaving the anonymity of a message on the gray concrete of the city, the action is free of prohibitions or punishments, but when the lines are in a mirror, it becomes a process of empathy and otherness, about what you would leave for the other that suits you too.
Sometimes Panmela's mirrors are small traditional paintings, sometimes they are public art projects, and at other times, a participatory performance where passers-by place themselves as authors leaving their own messages for themselves, and for the other.
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Panmela CastroMirror n. 1, Mirrors series, 2023Participatory installation
Spray and markers on mirrored acrylic300 x 309 cm
Area: 11,05 m2
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Panmela CastroAfrican Leaderships on Copulates Mirrors, Affective Drift Dakar series, 2023Stained glass varnish on mirrors30 x 20 x 1,5 cm each
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Panmela CastroTo Flaunt is To Be Alive, Mirrors series, 2021Spray on mirror160 x 110 x 8 cm
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Panmela CastroPower To All Forgotten Ones, Mirrors series, 2021Spray on mirror160 x 110 x 8 cm
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Panmela CastroVandal Love, Mirrors series, 2021Spray on mirrored acrylic6.22 x 6.10 m
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Panmela CastroPretty, Free and Crazy, Mirrors series, 2020Black or Pink Spray on mirror70 x 50 x 8 cm
Edition of 12 plus 4 AP -
Panmela CastroOratory, Mirrors series, 2020Wooden statuary niche, mirror, furred shelf, embroidered velvet pillow40 x 23 x 13 cm
Edition of 3 plus 1AP -
Panmela CastroSaint, Mirrors series, 2021Bronze and mirror
45 x 15 cm
Edition of 3 plus 1AP -
Panmela CastroMirror n. 1, Mirrors series, 2022Spray and markers on mirrored acrylic2 m x 6 m x 40 cm
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Panmela CastroScopular, Mirrors series, 202218k gold, mirror, jewelry box3 x 30 cm
Ediition of 3 plus 1 AP -
Panmela CastroThe Subversive Kiss, Mirrors series, 2022Spray on mirror160 x 110 x 4,5 cm
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Panmela CastroLive To Fly, Mirrors series, 2022Spray on mirror160 x 110 x 4,5 cm
Edition o3 plus 1 AP -
Panmela CastroFree the One Who Loves You, Mirrors series, 2022Spray on mirror160 x 110 x 4,5 cm
Edition of 3 plus 1 AP -
Panmela CastroClara Nunes, Mirror series, 2022Vitral glass varnish on mirror86 x 53 x 2 cm