From small, clever little pieces, to huge, visually stunning projects, 3D street art is always interesting to look at, and is becoming increasingly popular. The foundations for these chalk or acrylic masterpieces are laid out with scientific precision in order to create the most realistic trompe l’oeil impression from a certain vantage point, and some of the bigger works can take a whole team of people working for days to complete.
Leaders in the game are artists Edgar Mueller, Kurt Wenner, Manfred Stader, and home-grown talent Julian Beever whose anamorphic pavement creations often serve an interactive purpose, allowing the public to integrate themselves into the depicted scene.
German Mueller is known for undertaking vast, impressive ventures, which often make a person appear as if they are standing on the edge of a gaping chasm or abyss.
Edgar Mueller – The Crevasse (image courtesy of metanamorph.com) 
Edgar Mueller – Lava Burst (image courtesy of metanamorph.com)
Edgar Mueller – Mysterious Caves (image courtesy of metanamorph.com)
Edgar Mueller – Duality (image courtesy of metanamorph.com)
Former NASA advanced scientific space illustrator Kurt Wenner implements his incredible geometric and artistic skills to seamlessly blur the distinction between the real and the imaginary. Wenner has also received some big commissions from brands such as Lucky Strike and Lexus, with 3D street art becoming an increasingly popular medium for advertisers.
Kurt Wenner – Spiderman (image courtesy of kurtwenner.com)
Kurt Wenner – Dies Irae (image courtesy of kurtwenner.com)
Kurt Wenner – Flying Carpet (image courtesy of kurtwenner.com)
Kurt Wenner – Money Pit (image courtesy of kurtwenner.com)
British chalk artist Julian Beever, and fellow pavement past master Manfred Stader have also produced some spectacular visual displays over the years, many of which are smaller scale, and of a whimsical nature.
Julian Beever – Back of Creep (image courtesy of julianbeeverart.com)
Julian Beever – Feeding the Fish (image courtesy of julianbeever.net)
Manfred Stader for the Genussfestival, Bolzano (image courtesy of 3d-street-art.co
Manfred Stader for Costa, Convent Garden (image courtesy of 3d-street-art.com)
The precision and skill that goes into these projects is mind-blowing, bringing a whole new, even more challenging dimension to the world of street art. As the home town of Banksy, and a city where street art is a wide-spread and revered creative medium, we can only hope that at some point the pavements of Bristol will also be blessed by one of these awesome masterpieces.
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