"Double Role" Sculpture, Chulia Street Ghaut

Double Role Sculpture, Chulia Street Ghaut (12 May 2013)


The "Double Role" Sculpture is a steel-rod sculpture installed on a wall on Chulia Street Ghaut, in George Town, Penang. This is one of the steel-rod sculptures installed in February, 2013. Located near the junction with Beach Street, it depicts a Punjabi man morphing between a role as policeman and another as firefighter. A red firehose barrel completes the sculpture.

Double Role Sculpture, Chulia Street Ghaut, George Town, Penang (5 February 2013)


Based on a caricature by cartoonist Tang Mun Kian, the "Double Role" Sculpture celebrates the Central Fire Station, today known as the Beach Street Fire Station, which until 1909 required the police personnel to double as firefighters in time of need.

List of Steel-Rod Sculptures by Tang Mun Kian, Marking George Town Sculptures and Penang Street Art