Penang street art map pdf

There are also a number of unofficial street art paintings popping up every now and again such as these ones below:.

Or if you are lucky, your hotel may have some copies. There are also dozens of metal sculptures scattered around the old part of the city, mainly showing life as it was in the early days of settlement.

On Ah Quee Street is one of the welded iron wall caricatures. Penang street art are all over George Town! A notable artist who partook in the project was Yulia Volchkova! Art Lane Penang by China House was opened to the public! This idea won the international competition, Marking George Town in These are what started the trend of street art murals in Malaysia!

After the success of his paintings in Penang, Ipoh council requested Ernest Zacharevic to come paint Ipoh street art 2 years later , in ! No doubt one of his most popular murals, Kids On Bicycle utilizes a real bicycle fixed against the wall with a mural of 2 kids riding it with glee.

Unfortunately, this mural of a little boy reaching up while standing on a chair is now next to an unsightly construction site after the owner was told to demolish an illegal structure there.

The mural itself is still in good shape and you can have a look at it some m away from Kids On A Bicycle. Despite showing some signs of fade , people still queue up at Lebuh Ah Quee to have a photo with this mural!

The dinosaur has the look of being hand-drawn by a young child adding to the charm of the painting! Spot this long mural at the side of a house at Chew Jetty , one of the clan jetties of Penang! Children In A Boat as it is otherwise known as depicts 2 kids in a boat with a cat. Depending on the level of the tide , the boat may be out of the water or floating on the water! One of them is left as it is, while the other has a painting of a smiling boy and girl standing on the seat!

Underneath the roots of a tree in a quiet back lane is a larger than life-size painting of an old Indian woman with her hands clasped together in a plea or prayer. The painting at Stewart Lane features an old Indian man standing on a boat with an oar in his hands. The Girl With Tree Hair is a striking minimalistic mural of a girl with tree branches for hair on a white building on Chulia Street.

This is a huge portrait after Skippy, an orange cat with a deformed leg who eventually found a home in Langkawi. Japanese lucky cats maneki-neko frame a hopeful grey tabby cat which suggests that the message behind the painting is that stray cats need all the luck they can get to find a home.

Not a painting but it is a sculpture of a crippled cat asking for love despite outer appearances. We love how this piece uses the arch as a mouth — if you look left you actually see the mouth painted on the wall — kinda creepy, yet interesting.

You definitely see Ernest was involved. Part of the Urban Xchange project, this piece was painted by Australian artist Vexta. She often paints strong women, and we love you she incorporated a tree in this one! This mural is painted by Russian artist Julia Volchkova, this was her second piece painted in Penang!

It took her 10 days to finish, and it is a tribute to the Indian heritage of Penang. This giant white tiger is painted by Japanese street artist TwoOne Hiroyasu Tsuri , on the side of the building of the Tipsy Tiger party hostel. In this area you can find great coffee , so continue your exploration through this area! Cendol is a very famous traditional dessert in Penang. This mural is painted in the street where the most famous Teochew Chendol stall stands and is painted by artist Emmanuel Jarus.

Besides kids on a bicycle, there is also a mural of a couple on a bicycle. The mural is painted by local artist Caryn Koh. This was also a piece of the Urban Xchange street art festival. This place is amazing! Hin Bus Depot is a former bus depot but is now all about art. Not all indoor pieces are there anymore, but a few pieces last until now:. This mural by Tank Petrol is a street further than Hin Bus Depot but was also part of the Urban Xchange program like the artworks above.

Want to walk around easily without missing a mural? Click the icons to view the picture of the work, so you know what to look for! Route 6 is a gorgeous ride around the island. Enjoyed best on a motorcycle! You must definitely stop in Balik Pulau to see some more murals, there are four amazing pieces by Julia Volchkova. The Silat Master is a portrait of Johari Omar. Silat is the traditional martial arts practiced in the Malay Archipelago and Indonesia! This is a painting of Pang Yi Chuen, a local Hakka girl.

Since Balik Pulau has a big Hakka population, she decided to paint a tribute to the traditional dance. Rubber is the main export product of Malaysia, which is why Julia decided to paint the process of extracting latex from the tree. Sadly, he passed away in