Malaysia – Penang; Ernest Zacharevic’s ‘Art is Rubbish is Art’ Exhibition (5)

Welcome back! My last posting on Ernest Zacharevic’s ‘Art is Rubbish is Art’ Exhibition.

Another nice picture… using rubbish as balloons where a little girl is holding the floating rubbish.

The ‘golden’ trolley carrying rubbish…….

More modern art paintings……

This is interesting. It looks like a picture frame on the floor.

The crowd enjoying the artist painting and the message he is trying to get across. Even an old lady is trying to figure out the meaning of his paintings.

Lastly… he did not forget to wish all the visitors a  (Belated) Happy Lunar New Year from the Lego figurine.

Hope you enjoy this postings.

Malaysia – Penang Starwalk 2013; Along Georgetown Heritage Trail (3)

My last series on Penang Starwalk 2013.

Participants of non-competitive ‘meeting’ up with the competitive walkers heading the opposite direction on Masjid Kapitan Keling Road.

Passing through Lebuh Cannon where it intersects with Lebuh Armenian. Lebuh Armenian is where you can find lots of street art. You can read on my earlier postings; Street Art around town; of a different kind, A walk in Georgetown Heritage Area and Malaysia – Georgetown; Continuation search for Street Art

This is the intersection of Lebuh Cannon and Lebuh Armenian.

Old heritage house on the left side on Lebuh Cannon.

After zipping out from Lebuh Cannon, we headed on Lebuh Carnarvon back to the finishing line which is about another 1km.

then to…Gurdwara Road. Finishing line in sight…… finally. LOL!!

Finishing line for the non-competitive walkers.

Where is this place you asked. Well below is where it was held; Penang Times Square.

Hope you like this. More posting on Penang coming soon. Stay tune. =)

Malaysia – Penang Starwalk 2013; Along Georgetown Heritage Trail (2)

Welcome back to my series on the Penang Starwallk – Walk Along Georgetown Heritage Trail.

The crowd were waiting for the flag off  the 7km non-competitive walk by the Governor of Penang from the Birch House on Dato Keramat Road. (Birch House was built to serve as the office of the tin smelting plant of Escoy Smelting, known in the late 20th century as Eastern Smelting. Now is it used as HQ for one of the housing developers)

… and the walk begins.

The participants walked along Penang Road. One a normal working day, this road is packed with cars, buses and not forgetting lots of motorbikes

A shot taken from the ‘Octopus’ pedestrian overhead bridge located on Penang Road.

Even the red light could not stop the participants on Transfer Road…. LOL!!

This is one of the oldest and famous steakhouse in Georgetown; The Ship along Sri Bahari Road.

Police patrol car caught in among the participants. They had to bow to the participants. LOL!!

Walking along Lebuh King which cut through Little India.

Join me on my last series of my Penang Starwalk – Walk Along the Georgetown Heritage Trail.

Malaysia – Penang Starwalk 2013; Along Georgetown Heritage Trail (1)

Last weekend, I had the chance to participate in a walk organized by a local newspaper in Malaysia. It was held in Georgetown, Penang and in the heart of the Heritage trail.

This is a yearly event that the local Malaysian newspaper; The Star who organized it around this time of the year.  . This years’ response will overwhelming; the participation was more than 22,000 people of all ages and races. It consist of a competitive walk of 10km and non-competitive walk of 7km.

I went there early (very early in fact – arrived at 5.30am) so that I was able to park nearby the event area. When I arrived at the registration area, there were already quite a number people in the area.The Start and Finish was at the shopping mall in the heart of the Georgetown.

Shot taken from the 2nd floor of the shopping mall.

People wandering around…..

Sponsors setting up stalls for lucky dip draw for the participants before the race; Freebies!!!

… the sun is rising

More daylight….

Look at part of the 22k crowd heading to the Starting line.

All waiting for the the start…..

What happens after the start? Join me in the next series…. =)

Malaysia – Georgetown; The continuation search for Street Art (7)

More mural painting as I continued my search in Georgetown Heritage Trail.

Walking along Gat Lebuh Chulia, there is a small entrance to a bicycle rental shop near the street of old Kwong Wah Yit Poh building and you will see a painting of brother and sister playing basketball.

Still on Gat Lebuh Chulia, opposite the children playing basketball, you will  find another street art painting of ‘Children on the swing’ on the street named Step by Step Lane.  This drawing was done by a local artist; Louis Gan.

While shooting the street art mural, I can help looking the graffiti on the iron sliding door of the back of a printing warehouse.

and .. on the the other side, also another metal door with lots of writing.

heading back…. we walk towards Little India which is located on Lebuh Queen, Lebuh Chulia and Jalan Pasar (Market Street). More metal art sculpture…..

Still more…. hang around and find out. =)

Malaysia – Georgetown; The continuation search for Street Art (6)

You are back… =) Let’s move on.

Cute metal art showing the rickshaw ….

I was walking along Lebuh Pantai from Lebuh Armenian, I saw this painting  on the wall of the shops on the side of the Khoo Kongsi; cats carrying lanterns.

Exploring around.. hidden among the small alley at Ah Quee Street, I saw this mural painting of ‘Our Art is Dying’ by an unknown street  artist.

Another mural painting ‘The Real Bruce Lee Would Never Do This’ also at Ah Quee Street is part of the 101 Lost Kittens art project.

More metal art sculpture to enjoy……

Thanks for following me till this point but the walk is still not finish yet……….

Malaysia – Georgetown; The continuation search for Street Art (5)

This is my 2nd time walking on Lebuh Armenian on foot and each time I come, I find and see different things.

A typical old shop house. Inside, an old man making a rattan chair by hand. This is something you do not see much anymore.

Another metal art on the outside wall of a old heritage building.

yeah…. someone had a spark of idea to paint Minions on a divider and yes.. it caught a  lot of attention. =)

An old bicycle shop…. along Lebuh Armenian.

Magic show……. on the shuttle of a old shop.

Low cost advertising that caught my attention.

At the end of the street.

no more? no… this is only the half way point. =) Come…. dun stop. Stick with me and enjoy the ‘walk’ =)

Malaysia – Georgetown; The continuation search for Street Art (4)

Welcome back. Sorry for the slight detour on this. If you missed  my earlier write , here’s the link; Malaysia – Georgetown; The continuation search for Street Art (3)

Moving on…. still at Lebuh Armenian, there are a lot of metal art sculpture as seen below at the arches of the shops.

Each of them has their little story…..

Wall Art painting on the beam of  the old shops…

Look at the queue .. people waiting to take a shot of the street of the the brother and sister on a bicycle wall painting.

One of the old shops with old antique stuff… very quaint place to see all the old memorabilia.

Smart idea.. to repair the chair with colourful cloth rags.

.. another cat on the wall…

… the journey continues.  Remember to follow me on this search… as there is more.

Malaysia – Georgetown; The continuation search for Street Art (3)

Hi!!! Still with me? That’s good. Still on Armenian Street Ghaut, we had a slight detour off to Lebuh Victoria as a strong fragrance smell of freshly cook moon cakes and biscuits caught our noses.

Cute looking ‘piggy ‘biscuits.

.. the old style entrance to the shop.

Walking further down Armenian Street Ghaut, you will see lots of ‘cats’ on the side of the street… not real cats but mural cat painting.

This is the giant cat mural painting and a mouse hiding in a corner avoiding been ‘caught’ by the ‘cat’. =). This mural was done to create awareness of the need to protect animals (hmmm maybe not to the mouse though)

.. here is a ‘cat’ made of strings on a cloths pole.

Beautiful old houses on Armenian Street Ghaut.

Another hand painted cat at on a zinc panel at a bicycle rental shop. (oh yes… there’s lots of bicycle rental shops which you can rent bicycle to ride around the Georgetown Heritage area).

That’s all? Well… hell no!! There’s more to come. Let’s keep on moving!!!

Malaysia – Georgetown; The continuation search for Street Art (2)

Still at Chew Jetty, we were strolling along the passageways, passing the clustered wooden houses which were still occupied by the occupants of the Chew Clan communities.

The passageway made of wooden planks. The houses built on wooden stilts.

One of the typical wooden houses at the Chew Jetty.

Colourful sign boards…. so that you do not get lost lol!!!

Wooden houses on stilts. If you look at the picture below on the far left, there used to be an Ernest Zacharevic’s painting; Children in a boat but due to the rain and sunshine… it was slowly disappearing. You can catch this painting in my earlier posting – Street Art around town; of a different kind

Boats tied to the jetty and it was low tide.

A view at the end of the jetty overlooking Penang Bridge from afar.

Walking out from the Chew Jetty…. we were heading to the Gat Lebuh Armenian (Armenian Street Ghaut) road.

Old shops doing metal works… and this one was doing anchors for boats or ships.

Want more? Then dun stop… let’s continue ‘walking’ with me and let’s find those street art. =)