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Sunday, 1 February 2015

7 Wall Art Murals by Ernest Zacharevic in Ipoh Old Town

Ipoh as got a new attraction in town and its call the Old Town Art Murals. This beautiful Art Murals was done by Ernest Zacharevic, the same man who painted murals on walls along the streets of Penang’s Georgetown.

I have spend my Sunday taking all the 7 Wall art Murals pictures together with the locations and the exact road names and GPS coordinates.

 
Old Uncle With Coffee Cup
 
 
 
Road Name: Jalan Dato Maharajalela
GPS: 4.59787,101.076169

The mural is a portrait of an old uncle drinking coffee. It’s located nearby the OldTown White Coffee facing the Ipoh Field (Ipoh Padang).
 
Paper Plane
 
 
Road Name: Jalan Sheikh Adam
GPS: 4.597715,101.076882

Nearby the first mural, just walk further down the road from Oldtown White Coffee and the Paper Plane mural can be seen. It is exactly in front Of Maybank Bank In Oldtown Ipoh.It shows 2 children enjoying their childhood with a paper plane.

 

Kopi "O"
 
 
Road Name: Jalan Tun Sambathan
GPS: 4.597151,101.078703

Kopi “O”, despite being black coffee, is one of the murals to celebrate Ipoh as the birth of the famous white coffee.

Hummingbird
 
 

Road Name: Jalan Panglima
GPS: 4.596704,101.07843

The mural depicts a hummingbird hovering close by a tree in search of food.

 
Evolution
 
 
 

Road Name: Jalan Bijeh Timah
GPS: 4.596343,101.079138

This Chinese-style painted mural shows Ipoh’s evolution from a tin-mining town back in the colonial days.


Girl
 
 
 
Road Name: Jalan Bandar Timah
GPS: 4.597004,101.078213

The mural illustrates a girl tiptoeing on a classic red plastic chair while reaching toward a cage of birds.

Trishaw
 
 
 
Road Name: Narrow Road off Jalan Bijeh Timah
GPS: 4.59525,101.078556

The final mural shows a man making a living in the town of Ipoh by stacking black plastic bags containing rubbish or recyclable items onto a trishaw.

The murals do bring a sense of nostalgic moments related to Ipoh’s heritage and culture.


Below is the map with the exact location of the murals. You can also get the Ipoh Wall Art Mural by Ernest Zacharevic  on Google Maps .


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