George Town Steel Rod Sculptures

Introduction

collection of caricatures placed on historic streets of George Town by the Kuala Lumpur-based company, Sculpture at Work

concept presented by Sculpture at Work is to relate the history and characteristic of selected streets in George Town

using steel rod caricatures of local cartoonists

Cartoonists

Baba Chuah Lefty

Reggie Lee Tang Mun Kian

Baba Chuah

Chuah made his debut in the cartoon scene when he was published in Falsafah Batu Api in 1991

This led to the use of his work by Creative Enterprise for their "Fantasi" anthology series

In 2000, Baba Chuah entered the international scene when his work, Midsummer Night's Hunt, was published by the US publisher, Dark Horse, in Issue No. 156

"Ting Ting Thong" Sculpture "Char Koay Teow" Sculpture

"Haj Pilgrimage" Sculpture

"Jimmy Choo" Sculpture

"Yeoh Only" Sculpture

Lefty

His real name is Julian “Lefty” Kam

A comic book creator from Penang, Malaysia, and a respected member of the comics community there

He has been in this industry since the 90′s. He started out working in advertising while drawing comics part-time

From 2000 onwards, he worked as an Art Director for major comics publishers in Malaysia

"Win Win Situation" Sculpture

"Narrowest Five Foot Way" Sculpture

"Happy Hour" Sculpture "Property" Sculpture

"The Main Street" Sculpture

Reggie Lee

He involved in contributing caricatures for the Marking George Town project

For heritage buildings in Penang, Reggie created quirky metalcraft tableaus that transcend race and culture

Reggie's cartoons appear in Malaysia's largest daily, The Star

"Cow and Fish" Sculpture "Gedung Rumput Wheel" Sculpture

"Bullock Cart Wheel" Sculpture "Ironsmith" Sculpture

"Ah Quee?" Sculpture

"Budget Hotels" Sculpture

"Retail Paradise" Sculpture

"Spy" Sculpture "Street Fighters" Sculpture

"Too Hot" Sculpture "Waterway" Sculpture

Tang Mun Kian

George Town Caricature Sculptures of Tang Mun Kian adorn many street corners and strategic locations all over George Town, Penang

A graduate of the Malaysian Institute of Art

He dabbled as an advertising art director for a decade in Singapore

"Too Narrow" Sculpture "Kopi-O" Sculpture

"Kandar" Sculpture "Double Role" Sculpture

"Escape" Sculpture Chingay Procession" Sculpture

"Cannon Hole" Sculpture "High Counter" Sculpture

"Limousine" Sculpture "Labourer to Trader" Sculpture

"Mahjong Bird" Sculpture "Born Novelist" Sculpture

"Duck" Sculpture "Mr Five Foot Way" Sculpture

"Roti Benggali" Sculpture "One Leg Kicks All" Sculpture

"Untrained Parakeet" Sculpture "Cheating Husband" Sculpture

"Procession" Sculpture "Kandar" Sculpture

"Wrong Tree" Sculpture "Then & Now" Sculpture

"Tok Tok Mee" Sculpture "Too Salty" Sculpture

"Trishaw Paddler" Sculpture

"Shorn Hair" Sculpture "Same Taste Same Look" Sculpture

"High Counter" Sculpture

Procession

The picture was taken somewhere near Armenian Street, George Town. The sculpture illustrates a metal art that shows the celebration of Tua Pek Kong’s birthday. Because it was The Year of the Tiger, statue of the tiger was carried through the streets while being escorted by the Chingay march in Georgetown. A British was observing the procession. He happens to be thinking about the last tiger shot in 1930. This metal art was sculpted by a famous local artist, Tang Mun Kian, who happens to be on of the famous but humble artists you can find here in Malaysia.

CONCEPT FOUNDED

Intercultural Communication

Non-verbal Cues

Proximity

Public Space

The Tubbs Communication Model - Channel

Intercultural Communication

Communication between different culture. (race,ethnic or socioeconomic group).

In this metal art, there were intercultural communication between a British man and two Chinese man.

Non-Verbal Cues

From the metal art we can see that the British man was holding a camera and a crutch indicating he is an old tourist.

Proximity

Objects that are physically close to each other will be perceived as a unit or a group.

As from what you can see from the picture there were two Chinese man with similar feature were perceived as same race.

Public Space

The space between the two Chinese and British man is public space.

The Tubbs Communication Model -

Channel

The channel for conveying the message is by metal art

Ah Quee

Chung Keng Quee - also known as Ah Quee.- Kapitan China, Perak.- Millionaire + Powerful. - Control Larut's tin mining.

Demolished his shophouse fronting the Beach Street to built a road linking Beach Street and Pitt Street.

Intercultural Communication

Face to Face Communication

Social Distance Zone

Conflict Resolution

THE CONCEPTS

Technical Interference

HI, I’M BOB /

Was caricatured by cartoonist Tang Mun Kian.

Caricatured on the 30th of June, 2012.

Can be found at Soo Hong Lane, GeorgeTown, Penang.

Too Narrow

Part of the project “Marking George Town”.

Initiated by the Penang Island Municipal Council.

To celebrate the history and rich heritage of

Penang.

Purpose

Public Space.

Language

Multicultural

Verbal Messages

Non Verbal Cues

Concepts

References

http://www.penang-traveltips.com/steel-rod-sculptures.htm

http://www.timeout.com/penang/attractions/feature/title/Street-Art-in-Penang

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