Part of a series of recently painted wall murals by Penang local artists along Magazine Road Ghaut, George Town.
Category: Other Murals
Penang Street Art (A Minion Hydrant)
A painting of a minion on a wall beside a fire hydrant along Ah Quee Street. Possessing no significant cultural or heritage value related to George Town, to some, this ‘art’ begs the question whether it is an art or rather a vandalism act.
For the art’s location, please click HERE for the map.
Penang Street Art (Cultural Girls)
A mural caricature depicting three different girls in traditional costumes from the three primary races in Malaysia. This art mural can be found at the purple-painted wall of a shophouse located along Armenian Street. The same wall faces the Soo Hong Lane and also houses another steel rod sculpture.
For the art’s location, please click HERE for the map.
Penang Street Art (The Vintage Photographer)
A wall mural spotted inside the Camera Museum on George Town.
Muntri Street: The Camera Museum
Opened this year from a renovated pre-war shophouse located along Muntri Street, the Camera Museum showcases various retro or vintage cameras besides having a photography exhibition gallery. The cameras on display are of various shapes and designs with some vintage cameras up for sale at its gift shop. There’s also s small cafe inside the museum. The museum opens daily from 9am to 8pm and its Facebook site is https://www.facebook.com/PenangCameraMuseum. There is a RM20 entrance fee for adults, RM10 for students and senior citizens to access the cameras display hall.
Camera Museum Wall Art Murals
Penang Street Art (‘Under Protection’ Mural)
This large mural can be found painted on the wall facing a small alley of Hotel Penaga‘s Clarke Terrace. Phrases of “Under Protection” can be seen inscribed upon the art work, probably to mean the things that should be protected by people less they are extinct. The painting depicts a tiger caring for her cubs, an old pre-war house structure and a man resting on a trishaw amidst tropical trees and birds.
Penang Street Art (Tropic Trishaw Mural)
A rather secluded art mural depicting a somewhat tropical looking picturesque with a trishaw rider resting under a coconut tree.
This mural and the Tiger Mural are part of a larger painting.
Penang Street Art (Tiger Mural)
Yet another art mural sighted at an alley at the edge of the Heritage Core Zone in George Town, Penang.
Penang Street Art (The Bun Seller)
As a recent addition to Penang’s famous street arts, the Chinese ‘Pao Seller’ or Bun Seller art mural is painted at the side wall of Wil House, a hotel boutique converted from the old Great Shanghai Dry Cleaning shophouse located along Leith Street, George Town. This art mural depicts an old Chinese man selling the pao (or Chinese buns) from a wooden stall back then with just a fraction of the prices these days.
For the art’s location, please click HERE for the map.
Nagore Road: A Corner Shophouse
A shophouse with old pre-war architecture dated back to the 1900s which is located at the corner of the junction of Nagore Road and Burmah Road. Two art murals (Pigeon House and the Lady in Qipao) can be seen painted on the wall of the building’s sidewalk.