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      Friday 30 January, 2004 at 10:01PM (Nereus)  ::  permalink  ::  comments (10)

This is some amazing artwork. Barbs & Dave from NZ sent me a bunch of emails the other day which included some incredible pavement chark art, although there was no clue as to who the artist was. A quick search on Google revealed the artist. His name is Kurt Wenner and he has a website (www.kurtwenner.com) showcasing some of his work as well as his biography etc. I'm posting a few of the artworks here to for you to check out. Bear in mind that all these artworks are done with pastel chalks on a flat surface.


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The first thing that came to my mind was woah, this is like Michelangelo without the ceilings. A truly gifted artist. Pictures published with the express written permission of Karen Schmidt for Kurt Wenner.



comments (10)

eric.s
February 2, 2004 7:02 AM [link]

it's great artwork! I've recently seen some other as well. I'll see if I can find it.

alt
February 2, 2004 9:57 AM [link]

impressive, they look completely three-dimensional and so complex. very cool.

Erin
February 2, 2004 10:43 AM [link]

I got those pictures sent to me in an e-mail. I thought they were really pretty too. Absolutely amazing. Trying to make a flat 1D surface sport something in 3D is a challenge. At any rate, have a good one!

Jaymee
February 3, 2004 10:12 AM [link]

hey cool pics! hey can u tell me where u got the pics? or if u took them urself, can u tell me where'd u took those? thanks!

Nereus
February 3, 2004 10:18 AM [link]

They're from the artist's own website at www.kurtwenner.com :)

Jim
February 5, 2004 3:42 PM [link]

I just have one question. What if it rains?

Nereus
February 5, 2004 9:09 PM [link]

umm.. P A N I C !!!

David
February 17, 2004 3:49 AM [link]

That is truly amazing. One has to be absolutely sure of what he/she is doing to work on that large a scale and get it so dead-on. Stunning...

javier amaya
November 22, 2004 7:02 AM [link]

K. Wenner: Absolute genius.

Nereus
November 22, 2004 8:44 AM [link]

exactly.. the Michelangelo of our time.


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