Bordalo Segundo (“segundo” means “second”) is a second generation artist. He grew up in Lisbon, Portugal, watching his grandfather, known as the “Real Bordalo” painting images of the city of Lisbon. Bordalo Segundo followed in his grandfather’s artistic footsteps, but decided to take his artistic pursuits one step further. Instead of painting images of the city within the confines of a canvas, Segundo chose to paint his images on the city; using the walls and pavements of his urban paradise as a canvas for his creative expression.
Segundo creates mixed media street art installations. His intensely captivating art works stun the eye by turning what was once an ugly, forgotten corner of a city into an interactive, 3-dimensional art work. Bordalo’s street art installations burst forth from the prison of a two-dimensional wall, placing themselves right in your space and declaring their awesomeness simply by being right there, in your face. See Bordalo II creating one of his graffiti sculptures in Watch Bordalo II Turn Junk into a Street Art Chameleon
The truly exceptional part of Bordalo Segundo’s sculptural graffiti is that he creates his 3D forms out of garbage. Discarded items such as wheels, pipes and lengths of cloth are sucked into the maelstrom of Bordalo’s creativity, emerging on the other side as part of a colorful, cohesive sculpture. Bordalo’s act of transforming the plain, the ugly, the forgotten and the discarded into beautiful street art works stands as an inspiration for all who experience his brilliant creative works.
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- Bordalo II’s 3D art installations are built in such a way that you can literally walk into some of the art works and take a closer look at the recycled junk that he’s used. This bee sculpture is a truly unusual graffiti art work. Keep an eye on this guy; he’s in the lead at the moment with regards to shaking up the street art scene.
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- Instead of just being discarded in an alley way or junk yard, these rejected items have come together under the artistic guidance of Bordalo II to become a colorful graffiti installation. Bordalo has chosen a parrot as his subject, and junk as his medium.
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- Street artist Bordalo II introduces us to his sense of humor in this symbolic street art installation. The upcycled graffiti sculpture shows a pig (often used as a symbol of law keepers) frying rats in a saucepan. Rats are becoming a frequent symbol in street art. They’re used to represent the everyday minions of modern society.
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- This humorous homage to urban living shows a rat skateboarding through a city. Bordalo II’s statement with his art is to reflect the wastefulness of human societies, while also pointing out that there are many things that appear beautiful on the surface but are actually made out of junk, just like this mixed media graffiti mural.
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- Bordalo Segundo blesses a graffiti city with the presence of a golden trash angel. He’s used spray paint on the sculpture to create contrast between the sculptural angel and the 2D cityscape in the background.
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- A colorful ship emerges from a sea of waste in this Bordalo II street art work.
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- A dumpster becomes the canvas for one of Bordalo II’s street art statements. He’s turned the trash into flowers to show that there is beauty in everything, even in a trashcan.
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- This graffiti installation by Bordalo Segundo depicts marine animals in a harbor setting. Like a fish out of water, this mural is street art, but not on the streets – this piece is an example of Bordalo II’s subtle sense of humor.
