Our class went to the Central Market to have a field trip on the 22th of March 2013. Before reaching the Central Market, you can clearly see the special art graffitis along the riverside.
These art graffitis were being created by using only color sprays!
As it was quite early when I reached the Central Market, I went loitering around before meeting up with the class in the main entrance of the Central Market.
This big Wau connecting to the roof of the outdoor Heritage Walk was just beside the main entrance of the Central Market. This big Wau was so unique and carving on it was so meticulous that it actually captured my eyes.
Taadaahhh! The main entrance of Central Market. The Central Market was actually being built in 1888 by the British who were ruling Malaya at that time and it was used as wet market for Kuala Lumpur's citizens and tin miners. However, during the years, things changed. In 1985, the market was renovated into vibrant and colourful new style and on April 1986, it was officially known as Pasar Budaya until now.
From the main entrance of Central Market, we walk all the way to the back part of Central Market where there are a few painting workshops and studios. On our way to the back part of Central Market, there are a lot of antique shops selling various kinds of items.
Look up at these antique shops, they all looked like the shop in the photos above.
Walk to the back part of Central Market, out of my expectation, it's just a little section which we can finish looking at it in one glance.
This young lady was in the back part of the Central Market, doing sand painting and selling it. Obviously, she's a foreigner and came to Malaysia and start doing arts here. According to her, every sand painting needs at least 10-15 minutes to be completed. However, some even more complicated sand paintings need nearly 1 hour to be completed.
Another type of panting - The batik paintings.
They even made those batik paintings into greeting cards.
The artists spend most of their time creating arts. An artists was spotted having his meal in his shop. This shows how many hard works and efforts they put into their artwork creations.
Below are other oil paintings in other painting workshops and studios.
When we walked past this artist's workshop, he was actually drawing some architectural drawings. He told us that he has already been an artist for 30 years time. Besides, he also told us that architecture will be the next big trend.
The artist who was proudly showing us his first architectural drawing.
After that, we went back to the middle part of the Central Market. In order to explore some other interesting images, we went to the second floor of the middle part.
The interesting and outstanding symbols of gentlemen and ladies outside of the washrooms.
The antique mirror which was hung on the wall in one of the shops.
There were a lot of shops which basically sell some antique and traditional staffs at the second floor. The photo above is one of these shops, selling Waus and other traditional items.
They even have this lamp, which I am not sure if it is a miner's lamp, hanging outside their shops.
Before this field trip, I have never been to the Central Market. It was actually a quite amazing to know that there is such a place in Malaysia where artists enjoy drawing their paintings and selling them there. However, it seemed that their incomes was not ample enough. It is kind of sad to know that Malaysian, as a matter of fact, do not appreciate these artistic drawings much.
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