Primeira notícaia sobre a Choque no Estadão, por Maurício Moraes

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Choque Cultural. O nome da galeria é diferente. Mas lá, as coisas são fora dos padrões mesmo, do marchand ao preço das obras. Aberta há pouco, a proposta é a de mostrar a face artística do trabalho ainda cercado de preconceitos de grafiteiros Speto e Herbert Baglione, responsáveis, entre outros pelo sucesso da arte urbana brasileira no exterior.
Maurício Moraes, Estadão abril 2005

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