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MURAL ART PRESENTATION
Eng Shi Yi 0317894
Tan Jo Lynn 0318518
Ng Kheng Soon 0318946
Tan Wei Zhen 0318560
Lai Tze Xiuan 0318056
BACKGROUND OF THE ARTISTS
ERNEST ZACHAREVICA 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.
BABA CHUAHA 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’.
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.
CONCEPTS
• Non-Verbal Communication
• Passive Perception
• Proximity
• Difference in Perception
• Unintentional Communication
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.
CONCEPTS
• NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION
• PASSIVE PERCEPTION
• PROXIMITY
• CLOSURE
• INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP
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.
CONCEPTS
• Non-Verbal Communications
• Passive Perception
• Intercultural communication
• Interpretation
• Interpersonal Relationship
