Listed as the only Asian country to offer street art as one of its many other awe-inspiring attractions, George Town has now joined the ranks of other famous arty destinations such as New York, London, Barcelona, Berlin, Paris, Melbourne and San Francisco.
Among the street art mentioned in the travel guide is the fascinating street murals by Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic, Russia’s Julia Volchkova, Britain’s Thomas Powell, and Germany’s Addison Karl.
Local artists like Fuazan Fuad and the urban art collective Artists For Stray Animals were also mentioned in the travel guide, a news report in The Star said.
Zacharevic’s Kids On A Bicycle and Volchkova’s Indian Boatman were the main picks in George Town.
The travel guide also gives advice on how best to enjoy the many street art offerings in George Town. The author suggests that a visitor start in Lebuh Armenian, and move along to Lorong Stewart, Lebuh Muntri, Lebuh Ah Quee, Lebuh Chulia, and Hin Bus Depot Art Centre so as not to miss out on any masterpiece.
“This book is intended as a starting point to your journey, highlighting a selection of some of the key cities around the world to experience street art today, and providing guides to each city’s street art hotspots to enable you to explore further,” Ed Bartlett, who compiled Street Art, said.
Bartlett is based in London and is an independent curator and founder of The Future Tense, an arts initiative which puts on shows and exhibits, and is known for discovering new talent.
“Today, the proliferation of legal walls and organised festivals around the world makes it possible to encounter thought-provoking, transformative art in the most unexpected places. People are travelling to the four corners of the globe specifically to experience street art,” The Star reported him as saying.