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Brazilian Graffiti Artist Creates World’s Largest Street Mural For The Rio Olympics
Street art isn’t an Olympic sport, but if it were, then Eduardo Kobra would almost certainly win gold for his 30,000 square foot (2787 square meters) wall mural that he painted for this year’s Rio Olympics.
The mural, titled Las Etnias (The Ethnicities), stands a staggering 50 feet (15 meters) tall and can be found in Rio’s port district. The graffiti drawing features five faces from five different continents that represent both the five Olympic rings as well as the cultural diversity of the games. Kobra, 40, from Sao Paulo, worked on the piece for two months, and during that time, the street artist used 100 gallons of white paint, 400 gallons of colored paint, and 3,500 cans of spray paint. If confirmed by the Guinness Book of Records, Kobra’s beautiful artwork will be the world’s largest mural completed by a single man.
“These are the indigenous people of the world,” says Kobra on the Rio 2016 official website. “The idea behind this graffiti artwork is that we are all one. We’re living through a very confusing time with a lot of conflicts. I wanted to show that everyone is united; we are all connected.”
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Arjan 8 years ago
Maybe the concept is designed by one person, but there is a whole team working on it. Still impressive piece though.
James Gould-Bourn (Post author) 8 years ago
This is what it says on the official Rio 2016 Olympics website. Perhaps the photos/video have been manipulated for effect. mural-57b4...b4-png.jpg 
Anna Salerno 8 years ago
This artist absolutely captured the character traits in the faces of these people. I think the message of Unity comes through beautifully from the peoples of the world. I love the colors, so bright and eye catching. My own Sicilian grandfather painted murals on New York City Opera House and Theaters when he first immigrated here at the turn 1900 century. I love the mural and the visionary of the artist
Charles Laster 8 years ago
Admirable street art, and I love street art, impressive in size and execution.
Linda Corfee 8 years ago
I think this man has the right idea for this Olympic Games in Rio . This is a very confusing time & allot of conflict around the world . We all should be united to stand as one ?
Lyone Fein 8 years ago
The video clearly shows that this is the work of more than one person. Too bad Bored Panda can't credit them all.
Arjan 8 years ago
Maybe the concept is designed by one person, but there is a whole team working on it. Still impressive piece though.
James Gould-Bourn (Post author) 8 years ago
This is what it says on the official Rio 2016 Olympics website. Perhaps the photos/video have been manipulated for effect. mural-57b4...b4-png.jpg
Anna Salerno 8 years ago
This artist absolutely captured the character traits in the faces of these people. I think the message of Unity comes through beautifully from the peoples of the world. I love the colors, so bright and eye catching. My own Sicilian grandfather painted murals on New York City Opera House and Theaters when he first immigrated here at the turn 1900 century. I love the mural and the visionary of the artist
Charles Laster 8 years ago
Admirable street art, and I love street art, impressive in size and execution.
Linda Corfee 8 years ago
I think this man has the right idea for this Olympic Games in Rio . This is a very confusing time & allot of conflict around the world . We all should be united to stand as one ?
Lyone Fein 8 years ago
The video clearly shows that this is the work of more than one person. Too bad Bored Panda can't credit them all.
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