As I stated before, Seoul has lots of street art. One neighborhood that is really filled with street art is Ihwa-Dong. Ihwa-Dong is a small area near Daehangro, placed against a steep hill. It used to be a sad, neglected neighborhood, until the government decided -in 2006- to give the area a boost via an art […]
Skatepark@Somerset. Re-opened and refreshed.
There are two skateparks and youth parks around where I live. I wrote about one of them, Skatepark@Somerset, here. I love having it around, since there are a couple of walls and surfaces that youngsters use for murals and graffiti. I walk along it regularly and am always looking forward to seeing new pieces. The […]
Murals around The Substation
Longtime readers know all about my love for street art and murals and how uncommon they are in Singapore. Nevertheless I still succeed to find some cool ones every now and then. Also because I am really, really on the lookout for them. After a visit to the wonderful Peranakan Museum, I stumbled upon some […]
We are young
There are lots of places in Seoul where you can find murals and street art. This large piece (titled: We are young) is one of the best and coolest ones I saw in Seoul. It is photographed a lot and I totally understand why! You can find it in Samcheon-dong, not far from the Bukchon neighborhood. […]
Where to find street art and murals in Seoul?
As I said before in my post about ’10 things you did not know about Seoul’, there is a lot of art in Seoul. That includes street art, murals and graffiti. There are remarkably many cats portrayed in the street art; totally up my alley! Alley? Did I say ‘alley’? How appropriate!;-) There are several areas that […]
Surrounded by skaters and graffiti
Being such a lover of street art, how fortunate is it, that we now live nearby two youth- and skate-parks filled with graffiti?! I was familiar with the biggest one of the two: the combined Scape and Youth Park, centers for youth and youth activities. I blogged about the murals there a couple of years ago. The nice […]
Georgetown Steel Rod Sculptures
There is more to see on Georgetown’s walls then the fabulous mural paintings that I showed you here and here. Througout the city center you find steel rod sculptures like this one: So what’s the story? The Steel Rod Sculptures are caricatures, placed on historic places in Georgetown by KL based company Sculpture at Work. […]
Penang’s mural paintings. Part 2.
Let’s continue where we left of yesterday; Penang’s murals, today part 2. I already explained how this mural frenzy started in Penang. So today all we are gonna do, is check out some more pieces. Somehow there are many murals with cats. No idea why, but it’s fine with me, since I am a big […]
Penang’s mural paintings. Part 1.
The main reason most tourist travel to Penang is it’s famous street food. We are not adventurous eaters, especially not me. Besides that we do not feel the need to put ourselves at hygienic risks when traveling. Why risk getting sick and ruining your precious holidays? So we are probably the only tourists that ever visited […]
Mural Art @ Singapore River. Part 3.
This is my third and -for now- last article about the project MuralArt@Singapore River. (You can see the other ones here and here.) The piece in this underpass may well be my favorite, despite it’s damaged condition. (We can see clearly that it is sticker art that has been ripped of on various places. Too […]
