1. Penang trip
May 2014
MURAL ART AND
STEEL SCULPTURES
Lim Chin Yi (0315627)
Lau Wei Ling (0315389)
Patricia Kong (0315837)
Nor Azalia Eliany (0315282)
Goh Yen Nee (01315551)
Siew John Loong (0315871)

2.  Mural
 According to the dictionary, the definition of mural is a large painting
or photograph that is applied directly to a wall or ceiling.
 Sculpture
 The denotative meaning of sculpture is a piece of art that is made by
carving or modeling clay, stone, metal and more.
 Steel rod sculpture
 A piece of artwork that is made by steel rod.
DEFINITION

3. WIN WIN SITUATION

4.  This steel sculpture is found in Muntri Street of George Town.
 It is found erected to the side of a shop house.
 “Muntri Street is named after the Orang Kaya Menteri of Larut
Perak, Ngah Ibrahim.”
 This street was a place for the upper class people in the old
time.
 According to source, the Menteri discovered tin in Larut.
 In this sculpture, the Menteri trades with the rich people in
this streets as he is the main supplier.
 From the sculpture, it is illustrated that the Orang Kaya is the
street is a Chinese. (The long braid and chinese mandarin hat)
 The menteri is carrying a keris that represents class in
Malays.
ABOUT WIN WIN SITUATION

5.  Lefty Julian is the artist of Win Win Situation.
 He is from Penang, Malaysia.
 Lefty is a left-handed comic artist.
 He is the co-founder of Gilamon, an art studio that does
design and comics.
 Lefty started to work in art industry since the 90’s.
WIN WIN SITUATION’S ARTIST

6. CHEATING HUSBAND

7.  This steel sculpture can be found at Love Lane, George Town,
Penang.
 Love Lane was named after the Chinese saying ‘Ai Cheng
Hang’ as the Chinese said that the rich men hid their
mistresses or lovers here.
 Love Lane is located adjacent to the Muntri Street where the
rich men lived in the old time.
 The sculpture shows a fat man, half naked, hanging on the
wall while holding tight to a rope.
 The man was probably hiding from a raid from his wife.
 The people in the past were allowed to have two or more
wives.(Before the year of 1980)
ABOUT CHEATING HUSBAND

8.  Tang Mun Kian is the local artist of the cheating husband
steel sculpture.
 He also did another 13 steel sculpture installed around
George Town.
 Tang Mun Kian is a cartoonist, artist and designer.
 He won some proposal for Marking George Town Competition.
 He is from Penang and currently lives in Kuala Lumpur.
 He graduated from
Malaysian Institute of Art.
ABOUT CHEATING HUSBAND’S ARTIST

9. “LITTLE GIRL IN BLUE/KUNG FU GIRL” MURAL

10.  It is located in Muntri Street, George Town, Penang.
 The picture is by the side of a temple building that houses the
Penang Goldsmith Association.
 It was drew based on a photo of a little girl from Penang.
 The drawing is different than the photo as the fringe is
covering some parts of the eyes in the mural.
 It was said that it’s the only mural drew by the artist that
didn’t work out well. This is because the girl in mural doesn’t
look as jovial as the girl in the photography.
 It look a bit scary with the smile and the big sized mural.
ABOUT LITTLE GIRL IN BLUE

11. THE AWAITING TRISHAW PADDLER

12.  The mural is located in Lebuh Muntri, George Town, Penang.
 The old man is a trishaw pedaller.
 He is sitting comfortable on the trishaw seats to get some
rests, or even looking for customers as he is awake and
looking around.
 It was painted on a 5 floors shop house. On the opposite of
the shop house, there are trishaws parked in the station
located in front of a church.
 The biggest sized mural in Penang.
ABOUT THE AWAITING TRISHAW
PEDALLER

13. THE TRISHAW STATION

14. BOY ON A BIKE

15.  The mural art is integrated with a motorcycle.
 The mural is located on the side doors of a shophouse in Ah
Quee Street, George Town, Penang.
 It is also completed by the hands of Ernest Zacharevic.
 The child is obviously not enough age to ride a bicycle.
 He is looking at the pedestrians across the road.
 The attires of the child is from the old times especially the
helmet and the slippers.
ABOUT BOY ON A BIKE

17.  His name is Ernest Zacharevic
 Most of his mural artworks in Penang are
done in the year 2012.
 He is born in Vilnius, Lithuania, a country in
Europe.
 He is a young artist who only aged around
28 years old.
 He travels around the world to paint murals.
 He drew interactive mural arts that provokes
reactions.
 He graduate from Middlesex University in
London with honours.
ABOUT MURALS’ ARTIST

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