Lehmann Maupin is pleased to present The Open Window, an exhibition of new work by the internationally acclaimed twin artists OSGEMEOS—Gustavo and Otavio Pandolfo (b. 1974, São Paulo, Brazil). Drawing from hip-hop culture, Brazilian folklore, and urban life, OSEGEMOS create visual worlds that feel both playful and deeply symbolic. Featuring a suite of five new paintings, The Open Window continues to expand OSGEMEOS’ surreal visual language. On view in New York from April 23–June 6, 2026, the exhibition comes on the heels of the artists’ first US museum survey exhibition OSGEMEOS: Endless Story at the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
Best known for their signature figurative style featuring elongated yellow characters, OSGEMEOS have created a fantastical universe they call “Tritrez.” The new series of paintings on view at Lehmann Maupin expands this iconic world, showcasing their skinny outlines, intricate patterns, and dreamlike compositions. Working at a more intimate scale, OSGEMEOS deepen their narrative approach, crafting layered scenes that oscillate between the surreal and the everyday. In these smaller paintings, their imagery unfolds with heightened precision and material sensitivity, allowing for a more detailed exploration of surface, texture, and compositional nuance. This smaller-scale format offers viewers a closer, more contemplative encounter with the richly imagined worlds they construct.
The Open Window also highlights OSGEMEOS’ enduring connection to music as a central source of inspiration in their practice. Emerging from São Paulo’s hip-hop scene in the 1980s, the twins absorbed the rhythms, improvisational energy, and communal spirit of hip hop culture. Beyond hip-hop, they draw from a broad spectrum of musical traditions, including Brazilian folk, which infuse their imagery with vibrancy and cultural specificity. For OSGEMEOS, music is more than a reference—it functions as a parallel language that shapes their intuitive, improvisatory approach to making. In works such as The Countryside Pianist (2026) and I Love NY (2026), instruments—including retro boomboxes, keyboards, and guitars—take center stage, underscoring their diverse musical influences and conveying a sense that their painted worlds are alive, constantly pulsing with sound.
Together, the paintings on view in The Open Window create a cohesive experience in which music becomes a unifying thread, animating the artists’ imagined worlds and inviting viewers into a space that feels at once visual and deeply auditory.
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