Armenian Street Art at Night

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Arguably the most popular spot in George Town, this hour of the night proves to be a good opportunity to take photo of the famous street art mural ‘Children on a Bicycle’, drawn by Ernest Zacharevic.
For the location, please visit https://travel2penang.wordpress.com/2013/11/04/penang-street-art-map-part-1/.

Penang Street Art (The Old Man Portrait)

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A mural featuring a portrait of an old man (a local silversmith) found at the wall of an old shophouse in the Balik Pulau town. This ‘reverse graffiti’ mural is painted with using just water by Ernest Zacharevic, the artist who started the famous street art in George Town, Penang. This is his contribution to the Urban Xchange conference held last November in Penang.

Penang Street Art (Hiding Behind the Broken Coastal Wall)

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This mural of a little girl in white dress was painted by Ernest Zacharevic, the famous street artist.
For more info on the mural, please go HERE.

Penang Street Art (Children on a Bicycle)

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The ever popular wall mural which depicts two kids riding a bicycle at Armenian Street, was painted by Ernest Zacharevic. For its location, please refer to the map HERE.

Close up photos can also be found here and here.

Penang Street Art (Marge Simpson @ Soo Hong Lane)

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This bollard at Soo Hong Lane has a new cartoon makeover – Marge Simpson of The Simpsons.
For the previous incarnation of the bollard, you may refer to A Pillar of Minions and The Voting Finger

George Town Street View: AH QUEE STREET (Lebuh Ah Quee)

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Ah Quee Street (Lebuh Ah Quee), is an old street in George Town which is named after Kapitan China Chung Keng Kwee. An influential figure during his time, Kapitan Chung Keng Kwee (also known as ‘Ah Kwee’, hence the street name) presented this street to the local municipality after having demolished his shophouses to make way for the road.

A few murals can be found on the ancient walls of the street such as the popular one by Ernest Zachaveric as shown below;

Ah Quee Street Art Mural

Ernest Zacharevic’s “Art is Rubbish/Rubbish is Art”

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Art is Rubbish/Rubbish is Art is an ongoing art exhibition displaying the fine works of Ernest Zacharevic (the artist who helped propelled Penang into a street art sensation). The exhibition is open to the public for free and will be running from 17 January until 14 February. This first solo exhibition by the artist will feature a number of his popular art pieces and will be held at the Hin Company Bus Depot, a former bus depot site in George Town which has been abandoned for a long time. For more info, please visit the Facebook page HERE.

For the Map/Location of the bus depot:
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