banksy and graffiti 3 d

Banksy is the pseudonym of a British graffiti artist, political activist and painter, whose identity is unconfirmed. His

satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine irreverent

dark humour with graffiti done in a distinctive stencilling

technique. Such artistic works of political and social commentary have been featured on streets,

walls, and bridges of cities throughout the world.

Banksy's work was born out of the Bristol underground

scene which involved collaborations between artists and musicians.

According to author and graphic designer Tristan

Manco, Banksy "was born in 1974 and raised in

Bristol, England. The son of a photocopier technician,

he trained as a butcher but became involved in graffiti

during the great Bristol aerosol boom of the late 1980s." Observers have noted that his style is

similar to Blek le Rat, who began to work with stencils

in 1981 in Paris and members of the anarcho-

punk band Crass who maintained a graffiti stencil

campaign on the London Tube System in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Banksy does not sell photos of street graffiti directly himself; however, art

auctioneers have been known to attempt to sell his street art on location and leave the problem of

its removal in the hands of the winning bidder.

Banksy's first film, Exit Through the Gift Shop,

billed as "the world's first street art disaster movie", made its debut at the 2010

Sundance Film Festival. The film was released in

the UK on 5 March.

3D graffiti, whether it’s in chalk or paint, on walls or the street, represents a new way of combining the mastery of Renaissance art

techniques with the gritty, ephemeral qualities of amazing street art. These 3D street artists gives graffiti a whole new meaning – one that departs from the

conventional interpretation of graffiti as vandalism in the form of images and letters scrawled on public property. Artists like Kurt Wenner, Eduardo Relero and Tracy Lee Stum

create street art that is so incredible it is almost impossible to pass by without being

sucked in to the worlds they create on asphalt and concrete surfaces.

Kurt Wenner‘s ability to transform Renaissance classicism into 3D street art is unparalleled and has

made him the top anamorphic street painting artist of our time. Kurt aims to “reinvent classicism for a new age”, bringing his talent for realism to the streets, literally, having invented a pictorial geometry that

corrects the specific distortion caused by viewing his street paintings at an oblique angle. A former NASA

illustrator, Kurt has had his work featured in a lengthy list of articles, television features, ads, and

documentaries.

Edgar Muller and Manfred Stader are a German team of street painters. Much of their work is in the 3D anamorphic style, but both of them often create traditional street paintings in a style

that mimics the detail and realism of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Their background in realism gives them an

incredible advantage as anamorphic street painters, as evidenced in their “River Street” work and the paintings

above. Stader and Mueller have won many street painting competitions, and have taught street painting at universities.

Julian Beever’s world-renowned sidewalk chalk drawings have been a viral hit all over the internet, and it’s easy to see why: he’s a master of the anamorphic technique, which he’s been

perfecting since the mid 1990s. Each of Julian’s creations typically take a full day to complete, and by the next day

they’re just a memory, washed away by rain or walked upon by pedestrians. The English artist has been given the

nickname “The Pavement Picasso”, and he continues to work all over the world.

Tracy Lee Stum is widely considered to be one of today’s finest street painters. She has traveled the world to be a featured artist in many festivals and events, and she currently holds the Guinness World Record for the largest street painting by

an individual, which she completed in 2006. Tracy’s work contains many themes, from Biblical to exotic to the mundane.

Eduardo Relero is a street artist working primarily in Spain. His fanciful illustrative style looks like storybook pages come to

life, and indeed each of his anamorphic sidewalk chalk drawings seems to have a story behind it.

Rod Tryon has been adorning the streets of the world with his chalk drawings for more than 20 years, and was first inspired to try anamorphic designs in 1996. Of his paintings, Rod says “Entertaining the audience by creating an image that looks like it is coming up out of the street, or the impression of a

hole opening up in the asphalt in front of you, is a special treat for the artist. Seeing crowds react to his 3-D pastel images,

bring great joy to both the artist and onlookers.”

The work of Greg Brown isn’t meant to be accessible. His huge murals seem to jump out at the viewer, but that doesn’t mean they’re easy to interpret, and that’s how he likes it. Greg’s murals vary dramatically in style and

content from one to another, due to the intense collaborative process he takes on with each client. They range from Dali-esque surrealism to classic trompe leil,

with subjects including everything from construction equipment to miniature ships.

Eric Grohe was a professional graphic designer and illustrator for decades before beginning work on his renowned trompe leil murals. Eric’s murals appear to jump off of the surfaces that he paints on, and they grace walls all over the United States and the World, from Seattle Washington to Kuala Lumpur,

Malaysia. Eric’s work reflects a patriotic all-American theme, and his depictions of scenes such as football games and

picturesque towns have turned blank walls into works of art.

Daim is a German graffiti artist who first started spraying in 1989 and hasn’t stopped since. Daim has become one of the most

sought-after graffiti artists in the world, and has even appeared in the Guinness Book of World Records for spraying the highest graffiti in the world. The only “traditional” graffiti artist on our list, Daim creates 3D art on interior and exterior walls, canvas and vehicles and also works in animation and

sculpture.