Paolo Rossi by Eduardo Kobra, 2024
Torre Everest
Viale Torino
Vicenza, May 2025
“Footballer and symbol of the Italian national team, with which he won the world championship in 1982, Paolo Rossi was a great talent of Italian football and sport. The latest mural by Eduardo Kobra (São Paulo, 1975), the internationally renowned Brazilian street artist known for his pop frescoes inspired by great historical figures, is dedicated to him. Recognized throughout the world for his kaleidoscopic style and strong graphic impact, the painter from São Paulo was ‘hired’ by the cultural association Wallabe to create a huge open-air painting in homage to the iconic footballer. The location chosen for the intervention (financed by a special crowdfunding campaign and thanks to the significant contribution of the Hera Group) was the Everest Tower, a seventeen-story building that is a symbol of the city of Vicenza and of the economic boom of the 1950s. Paolo Rossi spent several years of his career in the Veneto capital, remaining tied to the city even after the footballer's transfer to Juventus. With the artistic direction of Federica Sansoni, Eduardo Kobra's urban intervention aims to reaffirm the love of this place towards the athlete, condensing the values ??of humility, dedication and resilience that have always been associated with the figure of ‘Pablito’ into a huge outdoor fresco.” (Omaggio a Paolo Rossi, Artribune)
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