| March 21, 2005 |
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Julian Beever
Julian  Beever likes to draw on sidewalks, but no one would call it graffiti. That's because he creates not only nicely rendered portraits and self-portraits, but also "anamorphic illusions," distortedly drawn to create an impression of three dimensions when seen from a particular point of view. His pavement drawings feature mostly commercial work, like ads for television election coverage in the UK and a particular brand of pastels. The illusions, which range from the whimsical to the truly disorienting, work only when seen from one specific perspective; viewed from anywhere else, they look like the work of a lunatic art-school drop-out. But if you do happen to stroll by one of Beever's drawings at just the right angle, you might find yourself asking, "Is this the real thing?" (in Graffiti and Street Art) |
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