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Next interesting information that i want to share with you guys is about history of Street Art Penang.
George Town in Penang has literally hundreds of wall murals and other forms of street art scattered across the city. The street art movement in Penang started in 2012. Before 2012 there hardly any graffiti on the walls of George Town, let alone street art, and only 6 years later urban art is now as much of a feature of George Town, and as much of a tourist attraction, as the historic buildings. Street art has also caught on elsewhere in Malaysia as consequence with murals now adorning the walls of Ipoh’s Old Town and Kuala Lumpur.
Street art in Penang began when the Penang Tourist Board commissioned then unknown artist Ernest Zacharevic to create murals on 6 walls in places of historical importance in George Town for the George Town Festival. Ukranian born Zacharevic’s career started with this lucky break and he gone to create street art projects in urban settings around the world as well as art in galleries and other indoor spaces.
Ernest Zacharevic’s style and motivation is distinctive. He is not a Lithuanian version of British street artist Banksy. Banksy’s work tends to have an overtly political message and Zacharevic’s isn’t, and if it had been it is difficult to imagine him having been commissioned to create wall murals in a country such as Malaysia, known for its socially conservative values.
Instead, Zacharevic’s work is focused on art as a feature and a reflection of the local community. The subjects of his work are the people from the locale where he is painting and he uses existing features of the landscape, and draws on the history of the area, to create his work. He does this literally and metaphorically.
This sounds interesting right? i think you guys should visit this destination when you guys come to Penang to explore their values art by yourself.😄
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