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05-24-2014, 01:14 AM
Brazil's Issues With the World Cup in One Painting
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Just weeks ahead of the start of the World Cup, a Brazilian artist has encapsulated the feelings of the country's underclass in one painting
In it, a crying child sits at a table, knife and fork in hand and a soccer ball on his plate.
The message is clear: the country, k**wn for its love of football, does **t need it. It needs support for its underclass
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Image: Paul Ito
The painting was done by Paul Ito, whose other work can be found on his Flickr account (https://www.flickr.com/photos/pauloito/13998946669/in/photostream/).
"People already have the feeling and that image condensed this feeling," Ito recently told Slate (http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_spot/2014/05/20/paulo_ito_world_cup_a_brazilian_street_artist_has_ created_the_world_cup.html).
Underneath the glamour of the world's biggest soccer tournament, Brazil has grappled with inequality that protestors have argued are only exacerbated by events like the World Cup Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/23/brazilian-painting-world-cup/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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Just weeks ahead of the start of the World Cup, a Brazilian artist has encapsulated the feelings of the country's underclass in one painting
In it, a crying child sits at a table, knife and fork in hand and a soccer ball on his plate.
The message is clear: the country, k**wn for its love of football, does **t need it. It needs support for its underclass
http://rack.1.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzA1LzIzLzhjLzEzOTk4OTQ2NjY5LjE0ODY2LmpwZw pwCXRodW1iCTU3NXg0MDk2Pg/fa65e5b4/a39/13998946669_e88852521f_o.jpg
Image: Paul Ito
The painting was done by Paul Ito, whose other work can be found on his Flickr account (https://www.flickr.com/photos/pauloito/13998946669/in/photostream/).
"People already have the feeling and that image condensed this feeling," Ito recently told Slate (http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_spot/2014/05/20/paulo_ito_world_cup_a_brazilian_street_artist_has_ created_the_world_cup.html).
Underneath the glamour of the world's biggest soccer tournament, Brazil has grappled with inequality that protestors have argued are only exacerbated by events like the World Cup Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/23/brazilian-painting-world-cup/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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