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the potential for cultural exchange in a medium like graffiti is enormous, as it stimulates local and international interaction on many levels. while more and more carioca artists are being invited to cities around the world to leave their mark abroad, foreign artists are also coming to rio to see what's happening here for themselves. rio's biggest graffiti wall is in praça mauá in the port area of the city - an accomplishment by artist tomaz viana the panel is located on rua coelho e castro and is 30 meters high by 70 wide. some of the artists that contributed to rio being one of the capitals of graffiti art have been the award winning marcelo eco, creator of a colorful character easily identifiable on many walls, joel bergner, responsible for beautiful works in cidade de deus, acme dv, carlos bobi, bruno big, and acme. |
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