Urban Art Blog

I’m a massive fan of pavement art and in particular trompe l’oeil images, using a projection called anamorphosis employing a distorted perspective in order to “fool the eye”. Julian Beever is almost a legend when it comes to this type of pavement art, he’s been doing it for ages, at least since the 90′s. I’ve featured him at my personal arts blog before if you want to check out what he does – click here. Another big name you may have heard of is Kurt Wenner.

However…  another name that came on to the scene has begun to work on a far bigger scale than Beever, almost to the point that he could scare the wits out of the passing public. His name is Edgar Müller or Edgar Mueller (depending on which part of the world you hark from, he’s a master of 3D pavement art and seems to focus on “natural events and processes” as his subjects. Since 1998 Edgar Müller has held the title of ‘maestro madonnari’ (master street painter), born by only a few artists worldwide. The title is awarded at the world’s largest street painting festival, called The Grazie Festival, which is held in the small pilgrim town of Grazie in Italy.

In the years that followed, he entered many other international competitions. Since 1998 Edgar Müller has held the title of ‘maestro madonnari’ (master street painter), born by only a few artists worldwide. The title is awarded at the world’s largest street painting festival, called The Grazie Festival, which is held in the small pilgrim town of Grazie in Italy. Take a look at exactly why!

See all of Edgar Müller’s pavement art projects at www.metanamorph.com.

But if you really want to see the biggest piece of pavement art by one individual in the whole world then you have to check out the charity site www.reenchantingtheworldthroughart.org which featured a Guiness Book of Records winning anamorphic chalk drawing by y 5,678 children from schools in Alameda, California, USA. It measured 90,000 ft2 (8,361 m2), and was created for the Kids’ Chalk Art Project between May 27 – June 7, 2008.