Penang Street Art Bicycle
Beautiful wall painting of children all across historical georgetown by ernest zacharevic.
Penang street art bicycle. Georgetown penang street art and penang murals became an international phenomenon when in 2012 visionary penang municipal council hired a lithuanian born graffiti genius ernest zacharevic. Kittens hiding above doorways children riding stationary bicycles or huge expansive pieces covering the side of old heritage buildings. We provide free street art georgetown map too. Armenian street is a narrow street within the city of george town in penang malaysia located within the city s unesco world heritage site the road has gained popularity in recent years for its rich cultural offerings and street art.
Street art in penang is a phenomenon only sprouted out less than a decade ago. 10 street art murals in penang. Little children on a bicycle 30 june 2012 little children on a bicycle gps. 3 siblings peeping out of the window to get a hold of the dim sum from their parent s bicycle armenian street a block away from clan chew jetty nleighne.
This is but one of the few wall murals beautifully drawn in the street art in georgetown pulau pinang. Although the vision of branding george town started earlier the artwork of ernest zacharevic in georgetown was the one that has caught the eye of the world. We rent and sell all types of bicycles including classic bike folding bike tandem bike mountain bike tricycle family bicycle sightseeing bikes helmets etc. To help you explore them all we ve put together what think is one of the most comprehensive.
See 578 photos and 27 tips from 3785 visitors to penang street art. In addition there is a painting along armenian street called little children on a bicycle which is similar to the boy on a bike only instead of a motorbike the prop is a bicycle. Penang penang street art little children on a bicycle mural armenian street george town penang boy on a bike mural ah quee street george town penang little boy with. 5 41468 100 33823 is a mural on the wall of a shophouse on armenian street george town it is one of the two murals along that street painted by london trained artist ernest zacharevic in conjunction with the 2012 george town festival it depicts a little girl taking her younger brother on a bicycle ride.
Around almost every corner in the lanes of penang you ll find art both big and small. It s been called the street art epicentre of asia and for good reason. The i want pau mural portraying two children stretching their hands out of the window hopping to grab on to some hot steam buns. One of the handful of places in the world that was named after the nation state of armenia armenian street was originally part of a malay settlement.
Don t be fooled by the faded murals splayed across decrepit walls of back alleys in penang. The artworks are fascinating find out more penang street art.