Street Art: Gregor Wosik paints an Arocs in a salt mine
RoadStars meets Street Art
Perfect paintwork? It wasn't so easy for Gregor Wosik to do justice to his motif underground.
A question of perspective: the artists draw their motifs on the ground such that they are distorted. The amazing 3D effect only becomes apparent from a particular angle.
The task:
Underground cavities are created when salt is extracted from mines. These are filled with waste materials in order to ensure that they remain safe in the long term. As is the case at Haigerloch-Stetten, for example. The waste materials are taken from the shaft entrance to the individual tunnels using a very special helper: the Arocs. 64 year-old artist, Gregor Wosik has captured the scene.
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Join RoadStars"I come from Poland, from Upper Silesia to be exact and I paint all over the world. I have loved painting and drawing since I was a child. My talent was discovered very early on and fostered with art training. I am a member of an artist group called 'Der Blaue Rheydter' in my home town Mönchengladbach and I regularly organise exhibitions."
"I am a real fan of large-format paintings, that is why I also like street art and I am delighted that it is experiencing a renaissance at the moment. I started specialising in 3D painting about three years ago. Personally the most difficult thing was to perfect the trucks paintwork. It was very tricky because we were painting on rough concrete rather than on a canvas. That was something special!"
RoadStars meets Street Art.
In our twelve-part series "RoadStars meets Street Art", internationally acclaimed street artists paint pictures of the best-looking Mercedes-Benz trucks. Twelve works of art that are up to fifty square metres in size and painted using a special 3D painting technique.
Discover even more works of art and learn about the people and the stories behind them.
Photos and video: Mike Kothuis
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Ein freundliches Bild, aber den perspektivischen Eindruck, der den besonderen Reiz solcher Bilder ausmacht, den finde ich nicht so gut getroffen.
Gruß
Klaus
Ein freundliches Bild, aber den perspektivischen Eindruck, der den besonderen Reiz solcher Bilder ausmacht, den finde ich nicht so gut getroffen.
Gruß
Klaus