![]() ![]() By placing a real person into the art, the illusion is complete. ![]() Julian's anamorphic artwork is meant to be interacted with to have the highest impact. Julian Beever has recreated Classical paintings as pavement drawings, but is perhaps more popularly known for his modern, whimsical imagery involving comic book heroes, giant frogs and snails, and scenes that create a sense of action and movement, such as this sidewalk drawing of white water rafting. He has also dedicated much of his time to teaching students (from youngsters to college-age) how to use chalk and pastels. In short, Wenner was instrumental in popularizing pavement art around the world. ( You can see the ad here.) In 2010, he created a 22 square meter 3D chalk art drawing for Greenpeace that called for a ban of GMOs. In 1996, Wenner created "Absolut Wenner", the first street painting that was commissioned by a company for publicity purposes. In 1985 he was the subject of National Geographic's documentary "Masterpieces in Chalk". He participated several times in the Grazie di Curtatone competition and invented the concept of 3D (or "anamorphic") pavement art. In 1982 he quit his job at NASA as an advanced scientific space illustrator and moved to Italy where he immersed himself in the study of Renaissance Classicism. Kurt Wenner was one of the pioneers of modern sidewalk chalk drawing. Noteworthy 3-D Pavement Artists Kurt Wenner ![]()
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