Bangsa Johor Mural, Muar

Bangsa Johor mural, Muar (11 September, 2016)


Bangsa Johor Mural (GPS: 2.04671, 102.5551) is a mural on a pavilion clock tower at Dataran Tanjung Emas, Muar. The mural is the work of British artist Thomas Powell. Painted in August, 2016, Bangsa Johor depicts the four main communities in Johor. In the mural we see an Indian lady, a Malay man, a Sikh man and a Chinese lady taking a wefie together. The aim of the mural is to project the unity of the four main races in Johor.

The Bangsa Johor mural was hatched when a couple of art enthusiasts, Chua and Tai, wanted to use street art to popularize Muar. They contacted art patron Tan Chor Whye, and together the three approached the Muar District Officer, Tuan Haji Ramlee bin Haji A. Rahman. Tuan Haji Ramlee liked the idea, and presented the concept to the Sultan of Johor, HRH Sultan Ibrahim Ismail, who endorsed it as being congruent to his aim of fostering Bangsa Johor.

To execute the artwork, Tan engaged British artist Tom Powell. To create the photograph for the mural, they got a studio and selected subjects aged about forty and above. Over a hundred photographs were taken before the right one was selected for the mural.

Tim and Chooi Yoke at the Bangsa Johor mural, Muar (11 September, 2016)

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