Penang Street Art

The above is a random display of Penang Street Art. Refresh this page to see a different picture!

Penang Street Art, and in particular George Town Street Art, has in the past few years enhanced its position as the street art capital of the country. Since the inscription of the inner city of George Town has a World Heritage Site, the street art scene has developed with increasing vigor. This began with Marking George Town in 2009, which brought the telling of street and social history through the use of caricatures. The project, which showcases the works of cartoonists such as Tang Mun Kian and Baba Chuah, has helped generate awareness of the rich history of the streets.

Sculpture at Work, the company involved in the creation of the steel-rod scultpures, was also involved in creating the fabulous dioramas depicting scenes of life in Penang as well as those commemorating Sun Yat Sen.

In conjunction with the 2012 George Town Festival celebrations, London-trained Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic was commissioned to paint Mirror George Town, a collection of murals within the inner city. The project has drawn much attention from the locals and is expected to enhance interest in the streets of George Town. In his footsteps comes Louis Gan, a 25-year-old self-taught

On this page, I identify the various street art which you can find in Penang. Initially I began by documenting those in George Town itself, by lately, street art of good calibre has also appeared elsewhere in Penang, so I have expanded the coverage. Click on any of the red squares in the map below to visit information of each of the sights.

Map of George Town, Penang Art Street

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Street Art of George Town, Penang

Commercialisation of George Town Street Art

Tables are appearing all over the inner city of George Town selling souvenir items that depict the Ernest Zacharevic murals. This has raised issues over the commercialisation of George Town Street Art.

More about George Town, Penang Street Art

Update on this page

29 August, 2016 I received an email from Dr Michael Oon, who blogs at My Faces And Places. I am pleased to learn that Michael mentioned Penang Travel Tips on his blog.

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Dear visitor, thank you so much for reading this page. My name is Timothy Tye and my hobby is to find out about places, write about them and share the information with you on this website. I have been writing this site since 5 January 2003. Originally (from 2003 until 2009, the site was called AsiaExplorers. I changed the name to Penang Travel Tips in 2009, even though I describe more than just Penang but everywhere I go (I often need to tell people that "Penang Travel Tips" is not just information about Penang, but information written in Penang), especially places in Malaysia and Singapore, and in all the years since 2003, I have described over 20,000 places.

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