4. ERNEST
ZACHAREVIC
A 27 YEARS OLD GUY WHO FINDS
INSPIRATIONS FOR HIS ARTWORKS
FROM HIS DAILY LIFE. HE PAINTS FREE
HAND MURALS FROM PICTURES HE
CREATED AND HE ENJOYS THE MOST
WHEN HE PAINTS IT FROM SCRATCH ALL
BY HIMSELF. HE FRESH OFF HIS STUDIES
IN MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY, LONDON
AND STARTED ON A BACKPACKING TRIP
ALMOST 2 YEARS AGO. THREE WEEKS
INTO HIS TRAVEL AND HE ENDED UP IN
PENANG. HE DECIDED TO PAINT AS HE
FOUND THE CITY VERY INSPIRING.
5. BABA CHUAH
A LOCAL CARTOONIST, WHO MADE HIS
DEBUT IN THE CARTOON SCENE WHEN
HE WAS PUBLISHED IN 1991. HE IS ONE
OF THE COMIC ARTISTS WHO ARE
OFTEN MENTIONED WHEN TALKING
ABOUT THE COMIC ROLE OF MALAYSIA.
ALTHOUGH HE DIFFERS IN CULTURAL
BACKGROUNDS, HE UNDERSTANDS
MALAY CULTURE AND HE SHOWS GREAT
ATTENTION TO DETAILS WITH HIS
COMIC PAINTINGS THAT CHARACTERISE
RURAL ATMOSPHERE AND TRADITIONAL
MALAY’S ‘ADAT RESAM’.
6.
7. LITTLE GIRL IN BLUE
‘Little Girl in Blue’ is one of the large murals located
at the wall of Muntri Street. It shows a little girl lifting
herself up on with both hands. In the original
photograph, the little girl has her hands on the side
on the tables. Quite an amount of tourist comment
that it is the scariest mural because of the
appearance of the little girl in the painting.
8. CONCEPTS
• Non-Verbal
Communication
• Passive Perception
• Proximity
• Difference in Perception
• Unintentional
Communication
9.
10. REACHING UP
‘Reaching Up’ is a mural art painted on a wall along
Cannon Street in George Town. It was drawn by
Ernest Zacharevic. It depicts a little boy reaching his
arms upwards to reach a hole on the wall. The boy is
standing on a chair, inching himself to reach the
hole. If you look closer, you will notice that the artist
drew the shadow of the boy. The chair of this
painting is real too. These are to enable the painting
to look more realistic.
13. THREE GENERATIONS
A.K.A. CHAR KOAY TEOW
‘Three generations’ a.k.a. ‘Char Koay Teow’ is a steel-rod
sculpture celebrating Penang’s famous hawker
food. Char Koay Teow is one of the famous
traditional hawker foods and it is basically fried flat
rice noodles. The sculpture is located on the wall
along Sungai Ujong Road. It is based on a caricature
by Baba Chuah.
