GEORGE TOWN – Visitors who like Penang’s old world charm will be pleasantly surprised by new additions to the heritage district there.
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.
Inside the parked car is a miniature art exhibition, complete with paintings, sculptures, wooden flooring, white exhibition walls and tiny visitors admiring artwork.
A woman in black with red high heels stands before a painting, while another figure examines a miniature replica of the car itself.
A little black cat sits near a miniature version of Lithuanian-born artist Ernest Zacharevic’s much-photographed Little Children On A Bicycle mural in Armenian Street.
Works by street artists Alex Face and Kenji Chai, including the latter’s turquoise dog graffiti known as Chaigo, adorn the gallery walls.
Even the driver’s area has become exhibition space, featuring works by Teebai.
Tiny benches, carefully arranged lighting and a miniature fire extinguisher complete the illusion of a contemporary art gallery.
Called Cultprint Drive-By, the installation is the brainchild of Zacharevic and sits outside the art gallery Cultprint at 35, Lebuh Melayu.
“The project reimagines how contemporary art can be brought directly into the public sphere,” the gallery said in a statement.