Anamorphic Street Art

 

The anamorphic pavement drawings of Kurt Wenner and Julian Beever have graced the streets of Europe, the U.S. and Australia, albeit temporarily. Using hugely distorted aspect ratios, a fine eye and a sense of humour, Wenner and Beever create illusions of 3D solidity, from fastidious recreations of past masters to superheroic interventions and oversized objects in improbable places.

 

For more on anamorphosis, from Holbein’s Ambassadors to humble road markings, see here and here (PDF). A BBC profile of Beevers with additional images can be found here. Kurt Wenner answers some practical questions, including how to deal with council permits, bicyles and rain, at his website.

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Comments

[drk]

The whole "pavement art" thing has about a zillion more possibilities that are being used right now - this is just one of them ...

I am looking forward to more and better pavement art in the future - after all a few sand scupltors started a whole movement that (sometimes) enriches our lives - and I have tried to encourage graffiti artist friends to try using chalk on pavement as well ...