By Amirul Idlan Mukhtar
Department of Art, Design, and Media Sunway University
There are very few steer art expressions in the downtown area of Kuala Lumpur, as the capital city of Malaysia, there is not really any dividers reasonable for painting or art of any sort. Street art that can be found in Kuala Lumpur is additionally “irregular” or in any case situated in an area that is awkward for the publics. What’s happening is, there is more spray painting than street art. Kuala Lumpur City Council (DBKL) is dealing with changing Kuala Lumpur into a street art capital. This will incorporate the utilization of excellent gigantic wall mural works of art that will go through the back lane and in the middle of structures.
The collaborations take motivation from different urban communities that are well known for the imagination of art in general. Street art may be delivered in a variety of methods and media. The street art enlivens by a variety of techniques throughout the time and changes throughout. The uniqueness of this style advanced rapidly starting with one artwork then onto the next. In New York, for instance, with the complex cosmopolitan city has given a high course of action to the art in the street to communicate with the public, window blinds, paint the edge of the stream even in the train is yet very common.
Social issues are plainly noticeable on the dividers on different parts of the political social, strict and history are additionally shown. This demonstrates the presence of different races and countries around there. The pattern of this imaginative creation has turned into another fascination for tourists. The topic of culture and legacy has turned into the best option to create fine art. Many significant urban areas in Malaysia have coordinated street art movements. With the positive response from the locals, government and NGOs, street artwork has turned into a business item in empowering social connectivity and the travel industry. The repercussions of street artwork have popularity among people in general and the tourist industry. It is additionally getting more famous among locals and tourists. With this, we can foresee that there is a vast potential of street art to take effect on boosting the local economy as it has become one of the most “double-tap” content on social media. With these, I personally think that there is also a significant opportunity to our local art scene. Malaysia holds numerous talented street artist that has yet to be exposed. Names like Fritilldea, Kide, Kartun and many more were some of the well-celebrated underground artists that has make their way up the steps. Being part of the local artist group called “Doodle Malaysia” I will be inclined to see more and more of this street artworks be part of my beloved city of KL.
