Ipoh See: Street Arts @ Mural Art’s Lane

The Mural Art’s Lane in Ipoh, Malaysia, is a back lane in Taman Jubilee, near Masjid Panglima Kinta (mosque), with more artworks being concentrated here than any other places around Ipoh. Unlike street arts in Ipoh Old Town, travellers do not need to search the whole area for the artworks — they were painted on the walls along a single lane.

The artworks along Mural Art’s Lane are mainly murals created by different artists over time. Some were painted few years back and are peeling away or fading while new ones are still being added. Most of the artworks depict festivals and cultures of all races in Malaysia. It is a place where you can understand more about Malaysia and its people.

I will post few pieces of the artworks I had seen between 2015~2024 — that’s about 10 years and many artworks were already gone or replaced with new ones. The rest are for you to discover.

In 2024, several coffee murals were seen on the red-painted wall immediately after crossing the bridge over Kinta River from Ipoh Old Town. A mural of the bridge was also painted on the wall.

Aside from coffee murals, there was also a mural about “Paloh”, or Kampung Paloh, which was the prior name for Ipoh before it was developed and renamed during the 1880s tin rush. A search for “Paloh” on Google will produce a current-day Paloh town in Kluang District, Johor.

The “Tourism Perak” mural was probably the most symbolic regarding travelling in Perak (including Ipoh and Taiping) — it had been there since my first visit to the art lane in 2015.

In 2015, there were several murals featuring kids playing games in groups. Some “kids” were playing a game of hide-and-seek and others were rope-skipping — take note of their clothes.

In 2024, the “kids” were still there playing hide-and-seek and rope-skipping after “changing” their clothes. One of the boys playing hide-and-seek had also “grown up” after 7 years. Nearby, a mural with more kids and animals had also received a touch-up.

On another wall, there were more “kids” playing catching — a game of “eagle catching little chicks” (老鹰抓小鸡).

In the photo below, the top two murals depict animals from “Ipoh Circus” with the protagonist being a black bear in red skirt. The bottom-left mural features a red packet stuffed with a face mask and a Chinese bull implied the creation year as 2021 — during COVID-19. The last mural is related to Dragon Boat Festival but kids were “rowing” the dragon boats with their legs. All these artworks were created by an artist named Eric Lai, a local art teacher.

And more of Eric Lai’s creations on festival and cultures. The bottom-left mural is on the Deepavali festival.

Aside from the street arts along the 200-metre Mural Art’s Lane, there are more murals in other parts of Ipoh too. You can search for them when exploring the new town of Ipoh.

One more thing, most public wall arts can’t stand the test of time, nature and vandalism. So, discover them before they become history.

Location

Mural Art’s Lane is indicated with a magenta “camera” icon on the map below. Locations of murals in the old town (on the other side of Kinta River) are also shown.

Nearby:

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More Murals:

Ipoh See: “Art of OldTown” Murals