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The Hirshhorn Museum will present the first US museum survey and largest US exhibition of work by identical twin brothers Gustavo and Otavio Pandolfo (b. S茫o Paulo, Brazil, 1974), known globally as OSGEMEOS鈥擯ortuguese for 鈥渢he twins.鈥� The yearlong, full-floor presentation will bring together approximately 1,000 artworks, photographs, and archival materials to highlight the trajectory of their collaborative, multidisciplinary practice, including the roots of their fantastical artistic language inspired by their upbringing in urban Brazil. 鈥淥SGEMEOS: Endless Story鈥� spotlights the artists鈥� playful combination of universal themes with magical elements drawn from their heritage, urban art and graffiti traditions, and shared imagination.

Featuring large-scale paintings on wood and canvas, monumental sculptures and room-sized installations that incorporate light, movement and music, 鈥淓ndless Story鈥� will fill the Hirshhorn鈥檚 sweeping third-floor galleries. To highlight OSGEMEOS鈥檚 interest in fusing the real with the fantastic, central place will be given to dreamlike worlds including 鈥淭he Moon Room鈥� (2022), built specifically for exhibition spaces and featuring sound, colorful architecture and custom wallpaper. The presentation also will include scores of rarely seen drawings illuminating the growth of their creative practice, from the walls of their childhood home to freeways and building fa莽ades to global galleries, alongside documentation of their outdoor graffiti and murals.

鈥淓ndless Story鈥� frames OSGEMEOS鈥檚 origin story in S茫o Paulo with rarely seen early sketches and introduces Tritrez, a mystical universe the artists invented as children and continue to populate with their colorful imaginings and signature large-headed figures. Sources of inspiration, such as their mother鈥檚 embroidery, American hip-hop, breakdancing and graffiti, life, nature and dreams, sci-fi and the supernatural, as well as music, feature throughout the galleries. Many works have never been shown outside Brazil, including 鈥淭he Tritrez Altar鈥� (2020), a vast rainbow-colored structure housing sculptures of OSGEMEOS鈥檚 trademark characters. Other highlights include a colossal handmade zoetrope devised in 2014 that, when activated, animates OSGEMEOS鈥檚 world in the spirit of pre-cinema days. In addition, more than 30 paintings from lenders across the United States demonstrate the breadth of the artists鈥� practice.