Opening night was mobbed by 600 word-to-mouth crowd whose been following their work via sources like Susan Farrell’s Art Crimes. Many commissioned murals are left on the streets of SF (while in LA, they painted on Melrose with local writers Barr and Skypager) and conversation with artist RIGO 03 (hosted at California College of Arts and Crafts, SF) filled up the room. “Everything went organic with them,” comments Lazer on the experience of hosting the twins both privately and publicly. “They are so in-tuned and respectful of each other.”

With Lazer and Smith’s push, So-Cal also got to experience OSGEMEOS. In Los Angeles, “BREAK” announced the recently relocated New Image Art’s inaugural show. “I feel fortunate to start the new gallery space with recognized international talent, while making people realize that this is tying the graffiti movement and art scene here,” says Marsea Goldberg of New Image Art. Proving the movement international, OSGEMEOS inspired and exchanged thoughts and creativity with many artists in California.

“They arrived on 1/18/03, which was SF’s biggest yet anti-war demonstration and left on 3/15/03 during another peace demonstration,” notes Lazer of twins’ monumental visit. As OSGEMEOS credit traveling as “it’s all about people- seeing old friends, meeting new faces,” this one without an exception left many positive loose ends to creative conversation. Now being sponsored by a spray paint company back in Sao Paulo to work on various projects, OSGEMEOS pace their lives between international and domestic invitations. “We have to find some time to paint on street. To do something for us.”

OSGEMEOS “BREAK”
Date: March 7th – April 5th, 2003
Place: New Image Art
Address: 1005 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046
https://www.newimageartgallery.com