GEORGE TOWN \u2013 Visitors who like Penang\u2019s old world charm will be pleasantly surprised by new additions to the heritage district there.<\/p>\n
For example, an old chalk-white car parked along Lebuh Melayu now serves as home to a diorama that pays tribute to street art and installations.<\/p>\n
Inside the parked car is a mini\u00adature art exhibition, complete with paintings, sculptures, woo\u00adden flooring, white exhibition walls and tiny visitors admiring artwork.<\/p>\n
A woman in black with red high heels stands before a pain\u00adting, while another figure exa\u00admines a miniature replica of the car itself.<\/p>\n
A little black cat sits near a mini\u00adature version of Lithuanian-born artist Ernest Zacharevic\u2019s much-photographed Little Children On A Bicycle mural in Armenian Street.<\/p>\n
Works by street artists Alex Face and Kenji Chai, including the latter\u2019s turquoise dog graffiti known as Chaigo, adorn the gallery walls.<\/p>\n
Even the driver\u2019s area has become exhibition space, featuring works by Teebai.<\/p>\n
Tiny benches, carefully arranged lighting and a miniature fire extinguisher complete the illusion of a contemporary art gallery.<\/p>\n
Called Cultprint Drive-By, the installation is the brainchild of Zacharevic and sits outside the art gallery Cultprint at 35, Lebuh Melayu.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe project reimagines how contemporary art can be brought directly into the public sphere,\u201d the gallery said in a statement.<\/p>\n
It said the gallery is free for all to enjoy round-the-clock.<\/p>\n
Cultprint expressed hope that the installation could eventually move to different locations across George Town every few months.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe initiative offers Penang an opportunity to expand its legacy of public art through a new format,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
The installation invites passers-by to appreciate art simply by peering through the car windows.<\/p>\n
Zacharevic shot to fame in 2012 when he created a series of murals for the George Town Festival.<\/p>\n
His works, including the aforementioned Little Children On A Bicycle, have since become iconic landmarks here.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Penang Island City Council has approved Cultprint\u2019s application for the display to remain at the same par\u00adking lot until Dec 31. THE STAR\/ASIA NEWS NETWORK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GEORGE TOWN \u2013 Visitors who like Penang\u2019s old world charm will be pleasantly surprised by new additions to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":964940,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[449,458,459,64,63,460,134],"class_list":["post-964939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=964939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/964940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=964939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=964939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=964939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}