Butterworth Street Art 1

Butterworth Street Art 

The first street arts in Butterworth. 

Currently Street Art in Butterworth consists of 3 Murals painting, all located at the South End of Jalan Raja Uda.  You can immediately view 2 of it as you turn into Jalan Raja Uda at the Jalan Telaga Air/ Jalan Raja Uda Intersection.  This Murals are painted during the Urban Xchange Street Art Festival in 2015.   

The most difficult to find Mural is painted by Argentinian Martin Ron  is of a man feeding turtles that swimming all around him, this mural measure 25 meter by 15 meter is hidden behind a row of shop house at Jalan Pusat Perniagaan Raja Uda 4. Location C.   For information while Turtle are not an icon / know in Penang, at the National Park located at Pantai Kerachut  is located the biggest turtle conservation centre in Malaysia.   

Anchoring Jalan Raja Uda is an Abstract Pattern painted by Iranian Nafir,  This beautiful art work, which look like an Indian kolam, features a 3D Butterfly amidst the pattern (Location A).  If you look at it long enough, you can just notice the butterfly shape in the center.  Pattern is coloured.

Slightly further up the road, you will find a Blindfold Girl, holding an Apple, Original painted with a serpent around her neck, this mural was repainted over by the original artist , a Spanish name Sibek, ( Location B )  I speculate that the original look is too sinister for most people to be comfortable with.    

New works are in Progress near Hotel Lodge 18 right at Butterworth Town Center, call Butterworth Art Walk,