Malaysian street art

• Malaysian street art

I'm in Malaysia, Penang. The island's capital Georgetown is replete with old buildings of colonial buildings, but the main attraction of the historic part of the city - graffiti is Lithuanian artist Ernest Zakharevich, which for several years then paints the walls of houses.

The first work of the artist appeared in the criminal area. On the wall was painted girl in the form of Lego figures with Chanel bag, and around the corner the robber with a knife. The city authorities were offended, explaining that most recently in the area of ​​improved lighting and the crime rate has decreased. First they painted over the graffiti, but then decided that the artist is better to be friends than to fight and offered to arrange a few walls to the City Day. Now, as I understand, the Malaysian Banksy paints officially (in the sense of not hiding from the police), and this is understandable: after the Wall Street Journal called Ernest "new Banksy" on the island rushed streams of tourists who want to see the original street art .. .

A few pictures of the historic district:

A lot of bicycles, there is bike rental. On the streets of a bunch of vendors and souvenir stalls. It turns out very convenient: the tourists come to the area to look at pictures, and bypasses all the corners where there is a trade. A fine example of the symbiosis - happy with both local and foreigners:

pumped large:

the outside temperature is below forty, so all are hiding from the sun, they can:

As we are almost on the equator, the sun stands in the zenith of the day. Time pictures - one hour before sunset:

Once on the island was a British residence. In 1786, Francis Light, on behalf of the East India Company acquired the island from the Sultan of the neighboring state, and renamed it in honor of the Prince of Wales. Since that time, there were many examples of colonial architecture:

On the green signs says "Armenian Street." Once the island came the Armenians, we settled down and today their street one of the largest in the historic part of Penang:

The queue for ice cream:

Ice cream decorated interesting - it is placed in a half coconut:

Special local delicacy - a simple ice. It is crushed, is brought to the state of the snow, pressed and impregnated with syrup:

On the island, as in the whole of Malaysia, many Muslims:

Indian Quarter:

Well, finally, street art:

All the tourists want to complement the picture and enter yourself in the product composition:

If you look at the title photo, it is clear that the chair on which stands a boy, is clipped to a wall:

After the fame that struck the Zakharevich, Malaysian Banksy began to imitate local artists:

Cat:

Figures on national grounds:

Footballer some local:

Funny framed tube in the form of elephant's trunk:

Minonchik:

From street art to installations: pink tank with green SEAL:

We leave the area. In the distance, an unusual green mosque:

yuvelirke of Ramzan:

In addition to tourism in Penang developed (as it is not strange) electronics industry. Penang is generally referred to as the second Silicon Valley and its development encouraged the creation of free economic zones of the preferential taxation. There are enterprises of international electronic corporations: AMD, Intel, Motorola, Hitachi, Bosch, Osram and so on.