In the heart of one of the largest favelas (slums) in Brazil, there is genuine art by the extraordinary Estevão Conceição, known as the Brazilian Gaudí

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The second-largest favela in São Paulo, Paraisópolis has close to 100,000 residents – including Estevão Silva Conceição, known as the Brazilian Gaudi for his unique architectural stylings. The Gaudi Foundation was so impressed with the Casa de Pedra that they flew Estevado to Barcelona so that he could see the works of the artist he admired in person. Estevão also created a cow for the International Cow Parade. His work, Cowdi, got auctioned off for charity, bringing in R$ 31 thousand Reais. In 2019, Conceição's house was part of a project called Circuito Paraisópolis das Artes – an artistic tour of Paraisópolis that also included the Ballet Paraisópolis, Biblioteca BECEI (BECEI Library) and Casa de PET, a house constructed from green plastic PET bottles by Sr. Antenor, another artist from the community. Although Estevão…

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