Norazlina Ismail, 38, and family members taking a wefie with the container murals in Kampung Terang.
PERCHED high up on a vast padi field in Kampung Terang in Balik Pulau, Penang, are three vertical cargo containers, installed for the Penang International Container Art Festival (Picaf).
The 12m (40ft) containers are arranged in a row to form a wall almost three storeys high to showcase murals by Sarawakian artists Leonard Siaw and Aries Kong (Jagung) titled ‘The Joy of Harvest’ and by Russian artist Marat Danilyan titled ‘Once at Balik Pulau’s Street Market’.
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Penang International Container Art Festival
Norazlina Ismail, 38, and family members taking a wefie with the container murals in Kampung Terang.
Children checking out the mural installation illuminated at night.
Visitors admiring the container mural art titled ‘The Joy of Harvest’ by Sarawakian artists Siaw and Kong during launch of the Penang International Container Art Festival at a padi field in Kampung Terang, Balik Pulau, Penang. Photos: ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star
Penang chief minister Chow Kon Yeow (second right), Deputy Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Muhammad Bakhtiar Wan Chik (second left), Penang tourism development, arts, culture and heritage committee chairman Yeoh Soon Hin (center), Can Can Public Art chief executive director Tan Chor Whye (right) picture together during launching ceremony of the Penang International Container Art Festival (PICAF) at padi field in Kampung Terang, Balik Pulau. Pic by: ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star/ 20 January 2020
Russian artist Danilyan (right) posing with Abdul Malik Md Noor, 41, who was the subject matter of his mural entitled ‘Once at Balik Pulau’s Street Market’.
(Middle) Chow and Muhammad Bakhtiar launching the Penang International Container Art Festival at the padi field in Kampung Terang, Balik Pulau.
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