3D street art around the world - in pictures

17 November 2011: Actors pose with gym equipment on what the Guinness World Records bills as the world's largest 3D painting, at Canary Wharf in London. British artist Joe Hill's creation measures in excess of 1,120 square metres Photograph: Paul Hackett/Reuters

17 October 2007: Artist Kurt Wenner (seated left), finishes his 3D artwork, Waterloo Station, London Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA

24 July 2008: A woman poses in Kurt Wenner's 3D illustration of an open vault containing British currency at Waterloo station, London Photograph: Sang Tan/AP

9 July 2008: The Crevasse street art by Edgar Muller in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland Photograph: REX

8 August 2010: A passerby looks at 'Duality' 3D street painting by Edgar Mueller in Moscow, Russia Photograph: Edgar Mueller/Rex Features

17 July 2011: A child plays on a 3D street painting in Fuzhou, China Photograph: ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images

17 July 2011: People play on a 3D street painting at Wanda Square in Fuzhou, China Photograph: ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images

6 September 2011: 3D interactive art featuring the Royal Wedding on display as part of the VisitBritain tourism campaign in Sydney, Australia Photograph: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images