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2011-12-05T13:57:00.000-08:00

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2011-11-23T18:30:00.000-08:00

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2011-11-23T17:55:00.000-08:00

All paintings above are acrylic on canvas from Axé '11 exhibition | Rafa Dejota®

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2011-11-06T16:12:00.000-08:00

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2011-10-21T18:44:00.000-07:00

2011-09-27T18:35:00.000-07:00

RARRR

2011-09-24T13:13:00.000-07:00

PORTRAITS by RARRR

くϟϟ REFLECTIVE BACKDROP + JACKET

2011-08-23T20:56:00.000-07:00

The backdrop and jacket were made with reflective plastic and acrylic paint.

more CSS tour photos at http://itwasalittlelikethis.blogspot.com/

photos: Marcela Ferri, Miguel Schertel e Solamore

NEW くϟϟ PANTHER BACKDROP---- made w/ LOVEFOXXX

2011-08-17T04:03:00.000-07:00

Check the backdrop making at CSS blog:

http://csshurtssuxxx.blogspot.com/2011/08/whole-lot-of-ass.html

VVLGARI POSTER PAINTING

2011-08-01T13:05:00.000-07:00

"Bad Juju"

acrylic on paper

DAZZLE PAINTINGS 2011

2011-07-15T21:23:00.001-07:00

'Writing IV'

acrylic on canvas
205 x 195 cm

'Writing III'
acrylic on canvas
205 x 250 cm

'Writing II'
acrylic on reflective plastic
190 x 190 cm

'Writing I'
china-ink on paper
841 x 594 cm

ART GROUPIE AND THE REFLECTIVES

2011-06-01T16:22:00.000-07:00

The paintings above and jacket were made with reflective plastic and acrylic paint.

ART BULL

2011-04-11T14:06:00.000-07:00

I LUV JAPON mural at GRINGO photos RIRORRR YOYAI

2011-04-01T18:39:00.000-07:00

This mural is a Gringo agency courtesy. Made with acrylic paint.

AMAZING VACATION AT SCHARF'S IN BAHIA

2011-03-11T17:02:00.000-08:00

Bahia is known by its magic. Its hard to put in words the AXÉ feeling that floats around when you arrive there, specially in Carnaval time. AXÉ is a word used in candomblé religion that means "strength", "power" and "shared energy". And that's exaclty how the visuals and experiences were in this trip I got to do to with my friend Dudu (Neon). He knows Bahia and Salvador feeling like no one. As we arrived we went straight to the Salvador's carnaval blocos (the 1st night is called "mascarados"). Blocos are huge parades with trucks and Axé bands playing on top of them. They go slow in the avenue and behind them comes the "blocos", blocks of people all together dancing, jumping, screaming, fighting and kissing. Its really crazy energy seeing it all from the top of the car. After 3 days of wild carnival nights we went to Kenny + Tereza Scharf' beach shelter , cost of Bahia. It was Dudu's 1st time there and my 2nd. We had 5 days of extremely calm, peacefull, and delightful days with them. It was such an amazing contrast the mixture of the magical mess of Salvador and crashing in such a silent and unbelieveble place like 'Serra'. Dudu brought caftans from Neon and we took a lot of pictures. In the last day I painted a Vase to leave as present for the house!! Such an Ass kicking trip!!! AXÉ + Love to you all. RDJ

The vase was made with vinyl paint. The floor is an original restored Keith Haring painting.

NEW WALLS'10 OPENING NIGHT by CASSIA TABATINI

2011-02-23T11:26:00.000-08:00

"NEW WALLS"mural was made with acrylic paint.

CHINA-INK SERIES

2011-02-21T13:00:00.000-08:00

China-ink drawings from 2010.

PRINT AND BODY PAINTING for NEON collection A/W 11

2011-02-04T02:32:00.000-08:00

Mayana Moura & WE LOVE NEON print

2011-02-01T14:22:00.000-08:00

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2011-01-14T14:55:00.000-08:00

HAPPY 2011

2011-01-01T15:20:00.001-08:00

BOCAINA PROJECT FOR THE FUTURE

2010-12-29T14:21:00.000-08:00

NEW WALLS '10 & JU MUÑOZ by MARCELO ELIDIO

2010-12-13T11:14:00.000-08:00

DRUNK PAINTING I

2010-09-28T14:26:00.000-07:00

"Drunk Painting"

acrylic on mdf

LUNA AMARAL BODY PAINTING

2010-09-22T19:38:00.000-07:00

Fotos: Marcelo Elídio

ESSENTIAL GRAPHICS '10

2010-09-21T03:00:00.000-07:00

The drawings above are originally made on china-ink, then digitalized.

RADIKEL PAINTING

2010-07-27T13:43:00.000-07:00

"Radikel painting"

acrylic on paper

REFLECTIVE PAINTINGS

2010-06-27T17:48:00.000-07:00

SUMMER JAMZ FOR THE FUTURE - AT LUNA'S BEACH HOUSE

2010-06-24T22:46:00.000-07:00

It all started at my friend Sergio Goulart's 22 party. As soon as I arrived I bumped to this little indian girl dancing and wearing nothing but a strass bra + really short skirt. She was so luminous and happy. I got so thrilled by her that I asked if I could paint her body. Luna Amaral is her name and for my luck she said YES right away. Thats how our body paintings adventures started. We did bunch of them. The truth is that she just loves to get naked and body painted. Maybe its an ancient indian impulse from other lives. She told me once that if someone could paint her body everyday, she wouldn't wear clothes anymore..... I try to work hard on this task so it hopefully becomes reality one day lol.
These pictures (above) were taken at Luna's beach house when she invited some friends that were into being bodypainted for a few days. We all got it and it was a lot of FUN! Check it out. (You can see some other body paintings on Luna and other friends through the blog). x/o RDJ

RAFADEJOTA PRINT / NEON S/S 11

2010-06-16T15:18:00.000-07:00

ETHNIC SNAKE PRINT FOR NEON

2010-06-07T20:56:00.000-07:00

TIMBALADA

2010-06-02T09:06:00.000-07:00

CAFTURA CAMUFLADA

2010-05-28T09:57:00.000-07:00

That's Dudu wearing my "letras"print for his brand Neon. He is in front of a mural I painted at my friend Boris' house.

CAFTURAS & "LETRAS" NEON PRINT

2010-05-05T14:16:00.001-07:00

Maihara Marjorie por Fábio Motta

REFLECTIVE PAINTING

2010-04-28T18:01:00.000-07:00

ILÊ PAINTING AT DUDU'S - SP

2010-03-04T21:19:00.001-08:00

Its a hard task to put in words all the amazing stories from Dudu's house because there are so many. I lived there for almost 3 years and saw all kinds of people hanging in there. It was really an open house, there were no keys for the door in the ground floor apartment in Higienópolis, São Paulo. I was looking for a place to live back in 2007, and suddenly I was there. We call it the 'gipsies tent' and someone should definitely research + put together all the stories into a book.

The first decoration of the house was all made with abstract Neons from the art director Kleber Matheus. It looked like a flying saucer in the middle of the city. There were Neons all over the house, and maybe that's why Dudu and Rita's brand is called Neon.

Some of the gipsies moved out and as great things that come and go, It was time to give the 'tent' a new touch. We decided to paint all over the 2 big front rooms of the house. The first one is painted in red (some say is the heart) and the second is in brown (some say is the brain). There are a lot of things written in between the abstract lines. It took me almost a year to get it done and I think of it as my personal map of connections to all things in life (it reminds me of the invisible chain Jean Dubuffet used to talk about in his Art Brut).

Dudu no longer lives in the 'tent', but the original painting is still there. Those were definitely times of our lives and so many things that are important for us have started there. X.O. RDJ.

TORRE PAINTING '07 - SP

2010-02-18T12:54:00.000-08:00

RESTORING KEITH HARING'S MURAL AT KENNY SCHARF'S IN BAHIA 2010

2010-02-05T08:33:00.000-08:00

HEY!!! This summer was a blast!! Me and my friend Eli got to spend a few days at Kenny Scharf & Tereza Scharf's beach house in Bahia plus their friend Bruno Schimidt. It's a beautiful house with paradisiac beach and river located down south of Bahia coast. As soon as Kenny and Tereza found this spot back in the 80's they started bringing friends, and Keith Haring was one of them. He was in love with Brazil and did many paintings around the area.

So when we got there we found an ereased (painted over) mural by Keith in one of the walls of a little fisherman's house (that now is Kenny' studio). We were really excited about restoring it and it came up the idea of sandpapering the whole wall so we could se the trail of the original lines. It was so exciting when the drawing actually appeared for us.

In the end Kenny gave the touch with the original colors. It was wicked being part of it.... that's all x.o.x.o. RDJ

VOGUERG ARTICLE

2010-01-15T10:23:00.000-08:00

BODY SPLASH N2

2009-11-20T16:51:00.000-08:00

RICK PORTRAIT

2009-11-13T00:00:00.001-08:00

"Rick portrait"

oil and acrylic on canvas

BODY SPLASH

2009-10-27T21:18:00.001-07:00

NUIT BLANCHE

2009-04-28T16:51:00.000-07:00

ILE PAINTING AT BIENALSP08

2009-03-03T07:50:00.000-08:00

REFLETÍVEIS M.I.A. '08

2009-02-26T20:50:00.001-08:00

ILÊ LU LIMA - IPANEMA - RIO

2009-01-28T16:52:00.000-08:00

My friend Lu Lima from Rio, is the coolest Ipanema girl I know. In 2 days we partied, had drinks danced all over the house, went to the beach and had the idea of makin a mural in her living room. We listened and danced to all kinds of pop and brazilian music during the process. É o tcham, olodum, Xuxa, timbalada, Marina Lima, Lulu Santos, lots of samba and axé. And this is how the painting turned out. We can se a sleeping bird and a little man holding his world up to his head.
We love it so much.
Lots of love
Rafa

AVAF BIENAL SP 08 BEST MOMENTS

2009-01-20T08:39:00.000-08:00

videos rodrigo dutra

IPANEMA ILE GRAPHICZ

2008-12-11T09:27:00.000-08:00

STUDIO REFLEXUS - AVAF - BIENAL DE SP 08

2008-12-08T12:48:00.000-08:00

Pictures taken by Fabio Motta at my "reflectives installation" with AVAF at Bienal '08.

TAMARA!

2008-07-21T06:30:00.001-07:00

SUM LIFE

2008-06-19T16:51:00.000-07:00

REFLETÍVEIS SUM LIFE for M.I.A. - MoMA NY

2008-06-12T17:36:00.000-07:00

Hey there!!! Those are pictures of the reflective dress + backdrop made specially for M.I.A. concert at Moma's Party at the garden benefit. I love how the effect reacts..... everytime a a different surprise!!! FLASH PLEASE!!!

:-) here is an article about the event:

"An Art Party at the MoMa Sculpture Garden //// The MoMa sculpture garden came alive last night as members of New York City’s art elite gathered in the urban oasis for the museum’s “Party in the Garden,” one of the more anticipated annual art parties on the social calendar. This year’s benefit, which raised $2.7 million, honored director Mike Nichols and longtime MoMa trustee Donald Marron. Guests in black tie stepped out of towncars on 53rd Street and were ushered to the museum’s outdoor patio, where live jazz wafted through the sticky summer air. Green foam cushions that looked like giant trimmed hedges dotted the press- and photo-free zone, and colorful gowns and cocktail dresses popped against the white-and-green backdrop. Partygoers spent cocktail hour moving onto and off the terrace, trying to avoid the heat. Over there was artist Chuck Close, and there was actress Claire Danes and her boyfriend, actor Hugh Dancey, who has been filming Confessions of a Shopaholic around Manhattan. Mr. and Mrs. Lauder of the Estee Lauder empire were nearby, as was gossip columnist Liz Smith, television host Charlie Rose,Good Morning America’s Chris Cuomo, and supercouple Diane von Furstenberg and Barry Diller. Brooklyn-based songstress M.I.A. arrived with her fiancé, Benjamin Brewer. Philanthropists turned up in droves, including billionaire David Rockefeller, Tishman Speyer chairman Jerry Speyer, and former Goldman Sachs co-chairman John Whitehead. Vanity Fair’s own special correspondent Bob Colacello and contributing photographer Timothy Greenfield Sanders were in the mix, too. Oh, and hey, Mayor Bloomberg! Mike Nichols and Diane Sawyer made their entrance not too long before trumpets (!) sounded for dinner, and guests headed towards the indoor space that overlooked the garden, where long tables with white chairs and green tablecloths had been set up. The night was still young: following a dinner of seared beef tenderloin and spinach, M.I.A. took the after-party stage, and revelers danced into the night."

//// article by Vanity Fair ////

Rafa Dejota

REFLETÍVEIS SUM LIFE for M.I.A. - MoMA NY

2008-06-12T06:57:00.000-07:00

REFLECTIVES ON M.I.A. TOUR

2008-05-01T19:16:00.000-07:00

M.I.A. POWER POWER REFLECT LIGHT PEACE

2008-04-28T08:29:00.001-07:00

REFLITA

2008-04-02T15:09:00.000-07:00

REFLETÍVEIS ANOS-LUZ

2008-01-14T12:30:00.000-08:00

REFLETÍVEIS RAFA DEJOTA

CASCATAVEL

2008-01-13T14:46:00.000-08:00

CASCATAVEL VÊNUS - MUSEU DA REPÚBLICA - RJ

2008-01-09T05:53:00.000-08:00

CASCATAVEL APARIÇÃO

2008-01-09T05:51:00.000-08:00

REFLETÍVEIS RAFA DEJOTA

CASCATAVEL APARIÇÃO

2008-01-09T05:38:00.000-08:00

VECTOR REFLECTOR

2008-01-08T11:39:00.000-08:00

REFLETÍVEIS RAFA DEJOTA

REFLETÍVEIS

2007-12-22T11:01:00.000-08:00

REFLETÍVEIS

2007-12-22T10:53:00.000-08:00

REFLETÍVEIS

2007-12-22T10:48:00.000-08:00