Read the text about pavement art. Decide if the statements are true, false or not stated. I was walking along a quiet city street when suddenly I saw the most amazing thing: three young women were standing on a narrow window ledge on top of a building which was on fire. Below them, Batman and Robin were climbing up a rope to save them as a crowd of people stood and stared. What was really strange was that everything seemed to be happening in a large hole in the pavement in front of me. I couldn't believe my eyes. It took me a few seconds to realise it wasn't real; it was a work of art. The man responsible for it was Julian Beever, a British artist known as the "pavement Picasso", who has been drawing his colourful masterpieces in cities around the world since the 1990s. Julian uses a method called “anamorphosis” to create his wonderful drawings in three dimensions. It's a question of perspective: from one side the 3D illusion is perfect, but from the other side, the drawing makes no sense. Julian draws in chalk, so his work is vulnerable to the weather: if it rains, the drawings disappear. It's hard work and it can take up to three days to complete a drawing, so Julian always checks the weather forecast very carefully. His final goal is to take a photograph of his creation before it gets washed away. However, sometimes Julian has to wash off his own unfinished drawings because he hasn't received permission to use the public pavement as his canvas. The process of making the drawings is really worth seeing, so Julian often has an audience. In some ways, he's a street performer and the spectators enjoy the show as much as the end result. He does 2D drawings, too: portraits of famous people like Princess Diana or Bill Clinton, copies of old masters, and self-portraits. And also wall murals, collages and oil paintings (both landscapes and still lifes). Julian's work shows that you don't need to work in a studio to be an artist and that you don't need a frame for every painting. He firmly believes that art shouldn't be locked away in galleries, libraries and glossy art books. “My art is for anybody, it's for people who wouldn't go into an art gallery. It's art for the people”. 1. The picture of Batman and Robin was painted on a burning house. 2. Julian's pictures seem real only if you look at them from one side. 3. Julian draws only in his native city. 4. Julian photographs his drawings because he worries people will damage them. 5. Julian always feels disappointed when his drawings disappear. 6. People often stop to watch Julia draw. 7. Pavement drawings are illegal so Julian sometimes breaks the law to create his masterpieces. 8. Julian only makes one type of art. 9. There are people who don't like Julian's art. 10. Julian disagrees with some traditional ideas about art.
Задание

Read the text about pavement art. Decide if the statements are true, false or not stated.

I was walking along a quiet city street when suddenly I saw the most amazing thing: three young women were standing on a narrow window ledge on top of a building which was on fire. Below them, Batman and Robin were climbing up a rope to save them as a crowd of people stood and stared. What was really strange was that everything seemed to be happening in a large hole in the pavement in front of me. I couldn't believe my eyes. It took me a few seconds to realise it wasn't real; it was a work of art.
The man responsible for it was Julian Beever, a British artist known as the "pavement Picasso", who has been drawing his colourful masterpieces in cities around the world since the 1990s. Julian uses a method called “anamorphosis” to create his wonderful drawings in three dimensions. It's a question of perspective: from one side the 3D illusion is perfect, but from the other side, the drawing makes no sense.
Julian draws in chalk, so his work is vulnerable to the weather: if it rains, the drawings disappear. It's hard work and it can take up to three days to complete a drawing, so Julian always checks the weather forecast very carefully. His final goal is to take a photograph of his creation before it gets washed away. However, sometimes Julian has to wash off his own unfinished drawings because he hasn't received permission to use the public pavement as his canvas.
The process of making the drawings is really worth seeing, so Julian often has an audience. In some ways, he's a street performer and the spectators enjoy the show as much as the end result. He does 2D drawings, too: portraits of famous people like Princess Diana or Bill Clinton, copies of old masters, and self-portraits. And also wall murals, collages and oil paintings \(both landscapes and still lifes\).
Julian's work shows that you don't need to work in a studio to be an artist and that you don't need a frame for every painting. He firmly believes that art shouldn't be locked away in galleries, libraries and glossy art books. “My art is for anybody, it's for people who wouldn't go into an art gallery. It's art for the people”.

1. The picture of Batman and Robin was painted on a burning house. ...
2. Julian's pictures seem real only if you look at them from one side. ...
3. Julian draws only in his native city. ...
4. Julian photographs his drawings because he worries people will damage them. ...
5. Julian always feels disappointed when his drawings disappear. ...
6. People often stop to watch Julia draw. ...
7. Pavement drawings are illegal so Julian sometimes breaks the law to create his masterpieces. ...
8. Julian only makes one type of art. ...
9. There are people who don't like Julian's art. ...
10. Julian disagrees with some traditional ideas about art. ...