New chalk art from Julian Beever - Amazing pictures!!!!

Mar 24, 2007
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I just got this in an email and I thought it was crazy! Had to share with all of you!!:yahoo:
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[FONT=&quot]Pavement Picasso
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[FONT=&quot]Julian Beever is an English artist who is famous for his anamorphic art on the pavements of England, France, Germany, USA, Australia and Belgium[/FONT][FONT=&quot].[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Hard to believe that the little boy is standing flat on the pavement!
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[FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Julian admits that some people see his work as graffiti,and don't feel it has a place on public streets. Happily, he says, he mostly receives a positive reaction and people like and enjoy his art.

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[FONT=&quot]The 3D aspect to his work came much later while he was working in Brussels, 'I decided to get into 3D after seeing the effect of tiles being removed from the street, and later trying to recreate the sense of depth in a drawing.'

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[FONT=&quot] [/FONT] [FONT=&quot]People avoid the hole.
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[FONT=&quot]Hosing down the street[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Everything is fake, even the hose and water!
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[FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Rafting[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Watch out!
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[FONT=&quot]Canal Street - New Orleans[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Land Use[/FONT]
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There is no hole in this pavement.
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[FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot]'Today I'm drawing Felix the Cat gate-crashing the Chinese New Year of the dog. He's popping out of the ground in a Chinese dragon costume.'
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[FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Chinese Dragon with Felix the Cat[/FONT][FONT=&quot]

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[FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Politicians get sucked into a pit.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Who will save them?
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[FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot]'Once I realised you could make things go down,I realised you could make them appear to go up and I began experimenting.'
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[FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Make Poverty History - side view is 40 ft long

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[FONT=&quot]Make Poverty History - front view[/FONT]
 

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