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

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:

Penang Street Art (The Girl in Blue)

An art mural at Ernest Zacharevic‘s “Art is Rubbish/Rubbish is Art” exhibition in Hin Company Bus Depot, George Town.

Penang Street Art (The Girl in White)

This latest art mural painted by Ernest Zacharevic can be found on a stone slab of a ruined wall atop a rocky beach near Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah.

For the location, please click HERE.

Penang Street Art (The Tractor-Loader-Backhoe)

Not exactly a wall mural, as this was found drawn inside an old abandoned telephone booth in Armenian Street.

Penang Street Art (A Curious Art House)

This shophouse is located along Victoria Street and is at the cross junction corner of Gat Lebuh Acheh (Acheh Street Ghaut) and Victoria Street in George Town.

Penang Street Art (The Dog)

This recent wall painting can be found just opposite the The Cat and the ‘Bruce Lee’ mural at Ah Quee Street.

This art work is done by local artist Kenji Chai.

Penang Street Art (3D Trishaw)

3D wall mural near Noordin Mews, a boutique hotel along Noordin Street, George Town.

Green Hall Street: Brew Thirty Two Coffee House

Brew Thirty Two Coffee House is one of two newly established cafes along Green Hall, George Town. It serves its signature mille crepes in addition to main course meals such as all day breakfast, and of course, various types of coffee. It is located at the same row of shophouses with Kaffa Espresso Bar.

Penang Street Art (A Granddaughter’s Whisper)

This recent art mural is painted by a local artist, Simon Tan, is located at the side wall of Pinang’s Art Cafe at Kinta Lane. It depicts an old man laughing over something whispered by presumably his granddaughter.

This art work is located side by side with another existing mural drawn by another local artist named Louis Gan as shown above.

For the murals’ location map, go HERE.

Penang Street Art (The Temple Ground)

Part of a series of recently painted wall murals by local artists along Magazine Road Ghaut, George Town. This is a 3D wall art which interacts with real world objects such as a shrine and the tree nearby the wall. It basically depicts a temple ground and a person cleaning a shrine’s roof with his two friends who sit under the tree, presumably drawing out the whole scene.