Dubai Canvas transforms the emirate into an open air museum

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Dubai Canvas transforms the emirate into an open air museum. Inaugural Dubai Canvas at The Beach features 3D pavement art that celebrates art and culture with varying artistic themes. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00Dubai is taking street art to the next level with the unveiling of Dubai Canvas, an annual

00:13festival that celebrates art and culture with varying artistic themes each year.

00:18The festival celebrates art and culture and focuses on 3D pavement art, which is being

00:23showcased at the beach in Jumeirah Beach Residence.

00:26The inaugural art festival, which runs for a week, features local and international 3D

00:31artists who hold daily live performances free of charge.

00:34Eleven international artists have been invited to showcase 3D pavement art wherein images

00:40painted on the streets of any flat surface appear to be three-dimensional from certain

00:44angles.

00:45The 3D pavement art is a combination of the ancient form of pavement art itself, which

00:51used to be, we call two-dimensional, classical subjects, which didn't have the 3D effect.

00:58And when I started doing it in the early 80s, I used some of my perspective techniques that

01:04I had used at NASA to alter the geometry and therefore the forms could then rise out of

01:11the ground and look three-dimensional.

01:13I started off 20 years ago with painting, but that was only on walls and on canvas,

01:24making installations.

01:26And then five years ago, I started off with doing this kind of work also on the street,

01:34directly on the street, doing the optical illusions.

01:39Because it's such a special thing to do and not so many artists do that, I get invites

01:44from all over the world and now I'm stuck into this kind of art form.

01:48But I'm still learning and every day it's fun.

01:53The festival brings art shows away from the traditional confines of art galleries, in

01:58line with the thrust of organizers Brand Dubai to transform Dubai into an open-air museum.

02:04Irish Eden Belleza for Gulf News.

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