Street Art

3D Street Art, often known as 3D chalk art is two dimensional artwork drawn on the street itself that appears three dimensional from a certain perspective. It can be breathtakingly realistic when viewed from the correct angle . Apparently, they've become quite popular thanks to the audience participation.

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Reebok set Guinnes World with longest 3D street-art (by artists Joe Hill and Max Lowry )



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Well technically this is no street art as it is applied indoors but that's just a minor detail that we'll overlook :)(by artists Joe Hill and Max Lowry)

So let me describe what I like about these two pieces. What I like about them is that their primary concern is not raising public awareness about politics, but rather urban beautification. Of course I'm not trying to suggest that art which carries a certain political message is less important or more boring. It's just that I don't think didactic funktions have to be the sole purpose of art, it can also be made for art's sake (l'art pour l'art). One simply doesn't have to learn something from it, it's just there to be enjoyed, touched and felt !

The idea of urban beautification and therefore 3D street-art may sound "childish"* for some i.e people who either lack imagination or are too "realistic"*. However I believe that it makes people more careful and willing to notice the tiniest of details that are more or less overlooked and gone unnoticed (crap, double passive!) in our "busy"* daily lives.

“Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.”

Ashley Smith

*An important use of quotation marks is to indicate or call attention to ironic or apologetic words. Ironic quotes can also be called scare, sneer, shock, or distance quotes. For more information click here (a reasonably reliable source, I assure you).