"Gedung Rumput" Sculpture, Queen Street

The "Gedung Rumput" Sculpture is one of the 2013 steel-rod sculptures installed in George Town, Penang. It graces a wall along Queen Street, near the junction with China Street.

The "Gedung Rumput" Sculpture depicts a cow toiling away carting grass (or hay, as the sculpture labels it) while its owner takes a slumber. Or so I thought! According to cartoonist Reggie Lee, whose caricature the sculpture is based, the cow was trying to pole vault over the wall because the grass is greener on the other side while the owner is taking a slumber!

Gedung Rumput Sculpture, Queen Street, George Town, Penang (5 February 2013)


The "Gedung Rumput" Sculpture commemorates the Malay name of the street. Although the British named it after Queen Charlotte (Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 1744-1818), the locals identify the street with the sheds used to keep grass to feed the lifestock, primarily the bullocks.

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