Ulla is a "screever", pavement artist,
madonarri, strassenmalerin, chalkie..
Ulla Taylor
has performed at festivals and events as a pavement artist since 1987, and
tours festivals extensively as a solo artist.
Her work ranges from community art at festivals creating original images
of celebration... to fine handcrafted promotions and enhancements for
government departments, businesses and corporations.
You will find most of
Ulla's pavement art pictures in the
September 2007.. from Massey Street Painting festival
in Northern Ontario, Canada, to Sydney, Australia Chalk the Walk the next
weekend.. Ulla is winner of People's Choice award at Chalk the Walk. :)
"Adelisa" Mona visits Adelaide during the fringe festival. Mona
wears a football-landrights shirt, drinks a coopers' beer, indulges in wine
under the grape vines, with a famous pie floater meal, she reads the local
paper and looks out on a vista from the Glenelg pier to the Flinders
ranges...
For more examples of Ulla's pavement artwork, see the
thematic Gallery, with twenty years of pavement drawing, it's all too much
for one page
Ulla's pavement art
Ulla's crowds at Freo, photo Howie Gaskin
A highly versatile performance art
form, Ulla Taylor's pavement art is tailored to specific sites, themes and audiences.
The "screeving" or street mural, is crafted in
brilliant, ephemeral Fine Art chalk pastels, and literally creates a new perspective on the grey
street, delighting and amazing pedestrians.
The street art murals are created on brick, asphalt,
and concrete surfaces. Created over
days, the artwork fades as it is worn away by the elements. Ulla's
fine pavement art is exceptionally photogenic and attracts avid
interest from visual media.
Brief History of pavement art.. from what Ulla's
gleaned!
Pavement art has a very long world wide history
dating back to ancient times. Art has been created in public
spaces for ceremony, information and good luck for millennia.
Historical incidents of pavement art are recognised around the world.
A few examples include.. Medieval Maddonarri in Italy drawing holy
pictures, East Indian Rangoli designs used for good
spirit, home and guest customs, traditionally, generationally and
currently. Screever's are also recorded in English
literature, and English (colloquial) dictionaries.
..and before there were pavements, there were
caves!!
Pavement art was popular before the printing
press as a media for mass information, and community bonding, and it's
presence on the street still attracts an enthusiastic response from
passers by and modern media.
Artworks are protected by
international copyright law. Please feel free to use the information
contained in this web site for non-profit enjoyment and research.. but please
don't forget to credit the creators!
