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Portal RasmiMajlis Bandaraya Pulau Pinang

SCULPTURE 33 : THEN & NOW

04 Julai, 2024

ADDRESS : NO. 89 LEBUH ARMENIAN

 sculpture 33

This sculpture is more related to some traditional occupations, all currently under threat. `Then & Now’ traces the changes in local occupation on Lebuh Armenian, formerly a centre for copper smithing, to today`s less glamorous recycling of old newspapers and assorted containers.
 
On the left of the sculpture shows a Malay worker, surrounded by a hanging array of the pots and pans he has already made, is busily fashioning yet another brass pot, while at the same time being distracted by the guni man. Our `guni’ (a type of bag), or rubbish collector is collecting bottles, tin cans and old newspaper, but appears to have his own problems.