Penang Street Art 2 May 2015

One of the highlights of what we wanted to do in Penang is to hunt for street arts.

From the free street art map brochure which we obtained from the hotel, the street art can be classified into several categories: Ernest Zacharevic works, Making George Town iron rod sculpture works, etc.

We woke up as early as possible just wanted to see our own the famous and popular street art in town.

It really took us for a while just to find a parking and walking down to the Georgetown streets to search for it.

We really got a little disappointed as most of the arts were being faded in colours and the lime wall on the old colonial buildings had started to peel off, and affect some of the arts.

At very first place, we are thinking of really a waste as no one preserved the arts itself.

Secondly, Ernest Zacharevic works really became a big hit, with queues forming to take pictures with these works, especially the famous ‘Kids On Bicycle’.

We just gave up when seeing the long queue just wanted to take pictures for that, and adjourned to another art pieces.

Marking George Town started off as a competition initiated by the Penang State Government to physically brand George Town as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, an international competition was held in the year of 2009 and was aimed at exploring innovative ideas in art and design for public spaces in George Town.

The design concept of ‘voice from the people’ borne the 52 uniquely and humorous illustrations in the form of iron rod sculptures were installed against the city’s building walls. These are still not so bad.

101 Lost Kittens Artworks. This collection of 12 cat-related street artworks is a project by Thai artist Natthapon Muangkliang and Malaysian artists Louise Low and Tang Yeok Khang aimed at creating awareness towards stray animals.

I personally do not like this type of arts, may be I am not so fond about the cat itself. Both children did take some photos with the art works.

After we walked for sometimes, we walked into a small cafe and have something to eat and rest for awhile. We were so tired, and walked under the heat of sun is really a challenge for us and the children too… o(@.@)o

After most of the famous street art, we manage to have a glimpse, we adjourned to another places…

 

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