Awesome Street Paintings Of Kurt Wenner
89The Artist
Kurt Wenner was using a born in Ann Arbor in Michigan. He attended both Rhode Island School of Design and Art Center College of Design. He was employed by NASA as an advanced scientific space illustrator, creating conceptual paintings of future space projects and extra-terrestrial landscapes according to the latest scientific information provided by the Voyager spacecraft. He is an artist best known for his street painting and chalk muralsprojection called anamorphosis. These 3D chalk drawings on pavement have been featured in many newspapers and on several television shows. In anamorphic art, paintings are meant to “deceive the eye”. A painting may look ordinary from one angle, but view it with a curved lens and it becomes 3-dimensional.
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When working on a project, Wenner usually spends five or six hours each day on the floor, an unusual skill in and of itself. He said there is no exercise that can prepare a body for the time he spends on the floor. When he stands up for breaks, it takes him a while to get moving normally again.
When he first began street painting his creations were temporary. They lasted as long as the elements and traffic would allow. Like the painting he created for Gears of War, most of his recently commissioned creations are painted on canvas which is ideal for pastels because it isn’t affected by humidity, which can ruin works created with chalk.
In 1987, Masterpieces in Chalk the National Geographic documentary featuring Wenner's work in Europe, won first place in the fine arts division at the New York Film festival. In 1991, Swiss-German Television created a 45-minute documentary on his work in Italy, which aired in Switzerland and Germany. His work has also been seen world-wide on Televisa, the international Spanish broadcast station.
Wenner was asked to create a print ad for Absolut Vodka as part of its prestigious artist ad series. The ad, known as Absolut Wenner, began appearing in magazines in September 1996. Absolut Vodka also filmed the creation of Wenner's art for a television commercial.
More than 3,000 square feet of Wenner’s oil paintings, decorative plaster, and architectural details can be seen throughout the residence known as Villa Zeffiro (modeled after Palladio’s Villa Barbaro near Venice, Italy).
In 1991, the Kennedy Centre in Washington D.C., honored him with a one-man show at the Center. He has also been awarded the Golden Bacchus from Barolo, the Golden Giotto from Milan, as well as several other awards.
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When Pope John Paul II arrived in Mantua, Italy, Wenner was commissioned to create an original composition for a 15’ x 75’ street painting based on the Last Judgment. Under Wenner’s direction, thirty of Europe’s best street painters worked 10 days to create the work. The Pope signed the mural, officially recognizing street painting as an official form of Sacred Art.
His illusionistic paintings are increasingly popular with corporate clients and advertising agencies. His images have been used in print ads, television spots, and point of sale displays. Corporate clients have included: Absolut Vodka, Amp’d Mobile, BMW, Cadillac, Champion Sportswear (Italy), Dunkin’ Brands, Hampton Inn, Knorr Soups (Canada), Kraft Good Seasons, Lexus, Lincoln, Lucky Strike Racing (Formula 1), Microsoft, Party Poker.com, Schick, Toyota, and the Washington Lottery.
For More information regarding Wenner's works visit the official website kurtwenner.com
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I still stay all "paintings" such as these are just PhotoShop tricks. I won't believe them until I see them IN PERSON with my OWN 4 EYES!
You are, as you say, skeptical! These are for real. Not your kind of manipulated images. Kindly see related articles to appreciate their art. All the best.
Actually Skepiccal, your right, not sure about these images, but a buddy of mine worked on photoshopping the ones with the guy posing in them for some soda ad. These look very similar to the ones my buddy did so I wouldn't be surprised if they were photoshopped too.
These are for real! Thank you for commenting on this hub. Check out similar works be another pavement artist Julian Beever too. The Incredible Art Of Julian Beever!
Nice collections, a good work by someone has been brought out into the front by your good work here in hubpages. By the way how did you get those pictures?
He was born in <b>Ann Arbor</b>, not "Ann Harrbor"
Thank you for pointing this out Eric. I've corrected it.
Thank you for visiting and your comments easegiri. You can find these pictures on the web. Some pics I got from friends who mailed them to me.
Wow, this is more than amazing. I am speechless. Artists should get paid much more than they are.
This is real, you can see not only from the amount the equipment is used and worn but how would they clear a spack and border it off? Thanks for the great work SunSeven and Kurt ;)
Thank You Ben!
Wow! Truly a work of art!
Every year San Luis Obispo, CA has a street painting festival and I have seen with my own eyes works like this. If you want to make one, hire a massage therapist. I was very sore the next day and I only made a small one.
Thank you for your comments Christine and highperformance.
Thank you for your comment Moonmaiden. San Luis Obispo have the "Open Studios Art Tour" and "Plein Aire Festival" which they conduct every year, and I am sure that these festivals are magnificient. The area boasts nearly thirty art galleries and two hundred local artists. It sure is a great place!
I love your sites. They are so beautiful to look at.
As a kid I read about a painter who could paint anything and they would come alive .Once he was being chased by his enemies .He painted an ocean between himself and them and they all drowned!
Great is a painter whose paintings talk to us .I think his paintings have more dimensions than three .They look like a movie to me that tells a story I want to hear.No wonder NASA picked him as one of their's.Thanks Sunseven!
I love his paintings. They are great. Here in the Philippines, street paintings have been so innovative. That simple murals are made pleasant to the eyes. Can I ask you something, is it washable? How did he preserve his paintings?
Stunning. That is skill of a HIGH order.
Thank you for your comments friends!
Aphroditie:
The professional sidewalk artists I saw in San Luis Obispo, CA tape down a canvas, and they do their paintings on that. Then when the event is done, they untape it, roll it up and take it home.
All the rest of the sidewalk art is hosed off a few days later.
those are so awsome i wish i could do somthing like that you are so talented.
Just incredible.
It always astounds me the mental processes of some - "it's a photo of something extremely beautiful - it must be fake". How cynical an age do we live in ?
Absolutely stunning works of art. Serious talent right there.
i recon thet looks so real i would think i could fall in
Actually people, the effect you see is a very old perspective based technique prevalently employed by (for example)contemporary dutch schools circa 1400 - 1600 that is commonly referred to as "Forced Perspective."
To whit - if you stand at the threshold where the photograph is taken the forced perspective is engendered as "Real" beacause it matches the physical parameters that your brain uses ( through stereo vison) to gauge "Actual images" within the real world.
If you were to stand where there is normally a gathering of the public in the photgraph the image would actuall appear disjointed and "Skewed" to your perspective.
It has to do with vusual acuity (natural), depth of perspective and associative norms - without which we would all be continually falling on our asses !
The works of Escher ( to which Wenner gives a homage in these works ) are another example of these techniques ) are another example of this school.
just goes to show that Photoshop ( software borne upon these principles 0 is not the B - All and end - all !!!!
I'm a desugner so, believe me I know ! lols!
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Absolutely awesome. Quite frankly it doesn't matter to me how it's done - it is the effect of the image on the observer that matters. Excellent Hub!
I agree. It may be an old technique but it still looks pretty awesome. I'd love to see it in person.
Amazing. Just amazing. Great work!
All these street paintings are simply absolutly wonderful and uncommon artistic creation for the art loves, Still many creative artists are somehow unknown to the world community, all of them should be exposed to the international viewers or observers.
I think everyones said what i wanted to say above!..
Terrific! Though it's an entirely different result, the skill and patience invovled made me think of sand paintings. Another super Hub! Regards, Jack
wow
i have seen paintings like these in person, but not of as amazing as these
I wish I had a little of that talent. I'd love to see there in person because they're truly incredible online. It's great to see someone doing something fresh and original.
He has to be Michelangelo reincarnated, don't you think? Absolutely amazing.
What beautiful Art Work!
I'd love to see it in person!
thank you
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Does Kurt have any other art that you can share with us?
Absolutely Gorgeous Pieces!
That is simply amazing. It just captivates you looking at it on this site. I can only imagine what it would be like to see these up close. You could spend hours looking at these.
Impressive...simply impressive....www.myspace.com/rogerpeden
I admire his skill and technique, but he seems addicted to fantasy, unlike Julian Beever, whose work is much more subtle, IMHO
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These are amazing. We just participated in a sidewalk chalk event in Waterbury, Connecticut, that attracted some talented locals. What a peaceful four hours! These are amazing pieces, and this site is a treasure trove. Thanks.
i just love it , gr8 work and is almost like a deeam,
hats of to the artist,very unusual work
just amezing,incredeble,awasome,
would really like to learn 3d street art techniques,are there any tutorials anywhere?
Awesome is right!
The work of ART seen of Kurt is not just a MASTER piece....they are KINGLY....this is pure TALENT at work at it's BEST.Which he could come and display part of his work in africa.....although our streets are not that good for such display of artistry.Keep it UP kurt.
great work
simply amazing
i think he should nominate for great people
two words. abbsolute awe.
there is another srteeet painter who is also very good. his arent like these, they are funny and interesting, though. i think his name is Julian Beever
Man this guy is flipping awsome at street painting i mean you really might think that their is actually a hole in the ground. and the paintings are so realistic that my brother would have nightmares
this guy is awesome
like bob
I went to school and studied life drawing with Kurt at Art center college of design.
He is the real deal!!! There are no tricks here he has the math gene and the art gene. He is a great talent and as a fellow artist and person a kind and generous man. When we were botth broke as students he once gave me his car when mine died. (It was given to him by painter Harry Carmean a mentor of ours and a friend) and a very early influence on kurts work.
Awesome! I luv these drawings! This dude is a genius!
un payaso y con perdón por los payasos
very beautiful artwork
you rock....
The same pictures i saw it earlier with one of my friends blog, (thiru) but any how they are amazing and deadly, thanks a lot for refreshing my thoughts.
I saw one of these chaps in the paper a year or so ago and they'd taken a photo from the other end to show how it had been done. Some of the pictures take up an incredible amount of room to get the perspectives to work!
It's one of those wonderful things that really takes your breath away - I'd love to see one in real life...
dude ur freaking awsome
this is awaome
Hey guys i ♥♥♥ this kind of art my fav artist is julian beever he does this stuff too if u like this than you would love him its amasing u can evn see a video of him doing one its so cool!
hola yo me llamo wenner y me fasina lo k ases me gustia comoserte y podes ayudarte el lo k ases tu eres mi heroe yo vivi en mexico(chapas,reforma) y correo es wenerkool1@hotmail.com y espero k algun dia me responda o me mandes algo por decir adios y tus artes son lo maximooo!!!!!
can any1 help me out that how can i make such illusionistic paintings at home or can i study them
your drawings are wack.I can draw better than you and im only eleven.angels in a pool,stuped idea.im not telling you my name because I know you.gears of war.bad idea for a drawing.Im just telling you the truth.blogman54
your painting looks like shit
Excellent Stuff. Very Nice Street Paintings..
I LOV HIS ART IT IS THE BEST I EVER SEEN!!!
awesome dude!
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I love this art, have yet to see any in real life but one day.
Gahh I love to see artists embracing their talents! this guy is amazing. I've seen a lot of his work (not in person) but photographs and such and it's completely unbelievable. Great Blog!
I would love to see him work someday. I've watched a pastel mural artist work before - truly amazing.
These are the most amazing drawings ever known to man. That is my opinion. You have also inspired me two start drawing prespective street art. Your biggest fan
this is Jimmy (fake name) You are still amazing
Hi i am kate and i think your perspective drawings are amazing and so inspiring i am a young artist and i would love to learn some tips from my favorite artist in the entire world! I AM UR NUMBER 1# FAN!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOUR DRAWINGS AND U!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG Best Paintings EVER!!! I don't get how you can do it. HA HA. I sure do wish that I could do that. WOW!!! AMAZING!!! Keep it up!Pr
I love his work, just amazing.
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Just Amazing