Os Gemeos Mural in Brooklyn: Coney Island, 2005

Os Gêmeos painted a roughly 130-foot mural on Stillwell Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn, in 2005, as part of the Dreamland Artist Club project, according to Wikipedia citing Creative Time. No source reviewed confirms that it still stands, and their later New York walls are in Manhattan, not Brooklyn.

Where is the Os Gemeos mural in Brooklyn?

The mural was painted on Stillwell Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn, in 2005. Wikipedia, citing Creative Time, gives the wall a length of roughly 130 feet. A Street View panorama is a snapshot; the wall may look different today. The attribution ties the piece to the Dreamland Artist Club, a 2005 Creative Time project that placed artists on walls around Coney Island. How Street View changed mural-hunting traces the shift from mapped image to current surface.

What was the Dreamland Artist Club?

Creative Time organized the Dreamland Artist Club in Coney Island in 2005, and Os Gêmeos were among the participating artists. The artists are Gustavo and Otavio Pandolfo, twin brothers from São Paulo; HuffPost described them that way in covering the 2015 Times Square piece. Their Coney Island contribution was a painted mural, not the video projection they later contributed to Midnight Moment in Times Square. The Coney Island wall dates from the period in which the pair moved from anonymous crews to commissioned walls.

Os Gemeos in New York: which mural is which?

New York has three Os Gêmeos projects that are often confused: the Brooklyn mural, a Manhattan wall, and a Times Square projection. Three dates anchor the confusion: 2005, 2009, and August 2015.

The 2009 Houston Street and Bowery wall is described in Wikipedia as the pair’s first mural in Manhattan. Roberta Smith reviewed that wall in The New York Times on August 3, 2009. The 2015 Times Square piece, titled “Parallel Connection,” ran as a Midnight Moment video projection on electronic billboards, which is why it was temporary by design. A forum thread about a five-story mural in Chelsea describes another wall, not the Coney Island piece.

Is the mural still there?

No source reviewed confirms that the Coney Island mural still stands. Urban murals are often ephemeral; a wall can be buffed, demolished, or covered by a new commission. Before planning a visit, check recent coverage or a local photo search. For the trip, plan routes from digital map to real walls and build in time to look at a mural slowly when you arrive.

FAQ

Where did Os Gemeos paint in Brooklyn? Coney Island, Stillwell Avenue, 2005.

Did Os Gemeos paint a mural in Manhattan? Yes, Houston St. and the Bowery in 2009, their first in Manhattan.

Is the Coney Island mural still there? No source reviewed confirms it; check recent coverage.

Sources

• Wikipedia, “Os Gêmeos”
• Creative Time, Dreamland Artist Club, 2005
• Roberta Smith, The New York Times, Aug. 3, 2009
• Jaime Rojo, HuffPost/Brooklyn Street Art, Aug. 19, 2015