#travel *The famous Streetart of Georgetown*

in #travel6 years ago

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Last week I went to Georgetown in Malaysia. It's an old British colonial city (hence the architecture) with many ethnicities living there. You have "little india", this weeks Chinese New Year's Festivities are just starting and the Malayan people are always kind to help you get around. It has a very touristic which was created by "hippies" decades ago who were originally on there way to India but established a community here.

Streetart


Everyone who knows a little bit about traveling in Malaysia has seen the streetart of Georgetown. Unfortunately I did not collect the names of the respective artists but it's due to their effort that some parts of the city are turned into a walkable art installation.

In 2008 Georgetown became a UNESCO world heritage site. Instead of marketing it in a classical fashion an art challenge was conducted. There the rod caricatures as shown below were created.

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After that, in a festival in 2012, further art - large scaled murals - were exhibited all over town to underline the diversity of the city. Since then some artworks go and new ones come. We saw several people painting new ones. The effects of the artworks is especially good due to small and tiny streets in Georgetown with contrast to the colonial architecture. Here is a small collection of my shots:

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Wonderful colection of 3D paintings and installations. The cigarettes are a my favorite and the guy lifting the bar.

thanks my brother!

Wow, these images are epic. Amazing with how much love they have brought life to some of these walls!

yes i should have looked harder for the names of the artists to expose them. i will do it the next time!

Oh I love Georgetown! I spent 2 weeks there last year and I enjoyed it so much! The streetart gives the town a unique flair, but I also loved the food in this city - absolutely delicious whereever you go! I will be back for sure :-)

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