Rene Enriquez's earlier sketch of Concubine Lane and...... |
Concubine
Lane which has been around well over century has sadly given up its image to over-commercialization.
....a few months later, an old building with new paint. |
“It has been
destroyed by over – commercialization” said Khor Seow Hooi an avid artist who
has done thirty paintings of Concubine Lane from earlier times until recently.
“I used to come in the mornings and watch the residents hang
their birds for an airing for a few hours.
“Now they place umbrellas and stalls on the
lane. It covers the building and hides the structures that gave concubine lane
its character. It has destroyed the image of Concubine Lane” said Khor.
Another artist, Rene Enriquez who regularly sketched
buildings around Ipoh had done a sketch on the eastern entrance to Concubine
Lane.
“I sketched it a year before. The building with the “Big
John’ sign still evoked that Old Town feel of nostalgia.
“I was taken aback just a few months later. Now it’s an old
building trying to look good with new paint. Somehow it doesn’t blend in with
the theme Heritage”
Another artist from the Urban Sketcher Ipoh group, Steven (not his real name) said all the original
structures are gone.
“It’s pointless now as it doesn’t look like Ipoh in the past, it’s all like ‘rojak’ now. It can only be similar but it won’t be the same”.
“It’s pointless now as it doesn’t look like Ipoh in the past, it’s all like ‘rojak’ now. It can only be similar but it won’t be the same”.
All agreed that the lane was congested with stalls that sell common
items, which can be available at any night market, and hoped the relevant local
authority would look into the situation.
JAG
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