Street art and graffiti has always been considered as a mode of expression of freedom. Created in public, this visual art form often gives out a subtle message through its funny yet inspiring drawings. It can also be used to attract attention on a particular issue provoking the minds. However, street art is not damaging property. Street Art is more of a liberal art form, not confined to the rules of art world.
Street art gained popularity from the second half of the 20th century with the Berlin wall. The Berlin wall had become one of the major spaces for graffiti arts. Those were mainly painted through aerosol spray paints. However, with time the visualization of street art too has taken a great leap. Infusion of latest technical expertise makes the street arts of today come alive. And it had never been so liberating.
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Rhythms of Youth: Created in an area of 2737.5 square meters, this 3D street art created Guinness World Record for the largest and longest street art. This art was created by Chinese artist Yang Yongchun in Nanjing, China. The team of painters took twenty days to complete the entire design. The art featured the city of Nanjing in a colorful display. It also included the mascot of the youth Olympics. It was created dedicated to the Olympic itself.
The painting looks fuzzy if looked directly from above standing over it. However, from a distinct point, the real art emerges out. This kind of street art is called anamorphic painting.
The Crevasse: Street Artist Edgar Muller created an icy street art in Ireland. The project was named The Crevasse. This was because of the theme of art which was ice. Painted on the East Pier in Dun Laoghaire, this was created as a part of World Cultures Festival being celebrated in the city. Muller was assisted by 5 of his team members who finished the art in a day from dawn till dusk.
It was created with the help of acrylic wall paints. Muller had used camera lenses to establish the art digitally before putting it on the streets.
Lava Burst: To celebrate the 30th anniversary of German town Geldern, eminent street artist Edgar Muller, painted 250 m of the street with his imagination. The painting livened up the street with melting and falling roads in a deep pit of flowing lava.
It took Muller 5 days to finish the entire design. The neighbors were requested to pose at different angles with varying gestures. This completed the entire design which looked very real.
Dies Irae: Kurt Wenner, the inventor of 3D anamorphic painting created this street art in a town of Italy. The unique feature or anamorphic painting is that it is to be viewed at a particular angle to understand the art. The figures have been given an angled sense. Hence viewing the art from some other angle will show a distorted image of the painting. However, if seen from the correct angle, the astonishing image rises in front of your eyes.
Reflection: Also a Kurt Wenner art, the Street art Reflection was drawn in the year 1987. This art won Wenner many accolades. He was the first 3D chalk artist to draw interactive chalk drawings. Most of Wenner’s street art features characters from the Roman and Greek mythology.
The Last Judgment: This was perhaps one of the most complicated design created on the streets by Wenner. The Last Judgement was made in the city of Grazie, Italy in honor of the then Pope John Paul II. The art measured 75 feet by fifteen feet. Wenner was assisted by 32 artists and took ten days to finish the project.
Giant Canyon Waterfall: Sports gear makers Reebok, broke the world record for the longest 3D art form in 2011. Street Artist 3D Joe and Max painted the Canary Wharf Street of London into a giant waterfall pit. The street art was an attempt on the Guinness World Records Day to make a new record.
People Skewered: American-Indian artist Akash Nihalani, has changed the pavements of New York. Most of his designs are geometric patterns. The most famous of his wall graffiti is the “People Skewered”. Each art shows people on the pavement standing, while a block of colored rectangle skewers them.
Elevated Art: Artist Manuel Di Rita plays with elevated surface as he works on the various wall graffiti. His arts like the one at Settimo Torinese, Italy or at Banja Lake Bosnia have been praised by art critics’world over. His paintings are drawn with such blending of colors that it gives a hovering effect on the surface it is drawn on.
Batman: 3D anamorphic artist Julian Beever, created this famous art work. The painting was made on a street in Vienna as a tribute to the movie The Dark Knight Rises. The 3D illusions by Beever are world renowned. The effect of depth and distance created by him is really a visual treat.
Disaster: Kurt Wenner is unparalleled when it comes to street art. Keeping the theme of Reneissance in mind, he infused a new classism in the street art talent. The art project Disaster was made at London for the installation of Suso Streetwear Music Video.
Nails: A bed of nails to sleep on; or walk over it. 3D Street artist Manfred Stader created a bed of nails. It however, was a painting showcasing a man lying on a bed of nails.
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