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| Girl with 'balloon' |
A general air of
neglect hangs around the 1940s Art Deco style building with its walls of
peeling paint and overgrown shrubbery. There was a time
though when this building in the heart of George Town used to be a meeting
point for commuters waiting for their bus.
But
today, art works and murals decorate its crumbling walls.
The
old Hin Bus Depot has been given a new lease of life, not by way of extensive
restoration, but by being the perfect canvas for a street artist like Ernest
Zacharevic.
Portions
of the walls have crumbled due to years of neglect, some of the roof is also
gone, leaving exposed wooden beams and the formerly yellow paint is peeling,
exposing different layers underneath, some down to the bare red bricks that
form the walls.
Instead
of seeing rubbish, decay or ruin, Zacharevic’s inaugural solo exhibition turns
what would have been repulsive into something fascinating and artistic.
His
exhibition, accurately themed “Art is rubbish/rubbish is art”, focuses on
finding beauty in unexpected places and consists of a mixture of wall murals
and art works using recycled materials.
The old Hin Bus depot
along Gurdwara Road, formerly known as Brick Kiln Road, stood abandoned and
vacant for many years ever since Hin Bus Company stopped operations sometime in
the 1990s.
Fortunately, the
company, which is also the main distributor of Murabond Paints, decided to show
Zacharevic the space and this is where the idea to turn it into an art
exhibition space came about.
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| Somewhere over the rainbow |
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| She's so flexible |
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| Put your hands up in the air! |
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| Wow! You're HUGE! |
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| Hey pretty! |
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| Stay away from him! |
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| Art is rubbish is art |
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