With the Singapore art scene booming in recent years, there are a number of museums and galleries fans of the art world can visit to see wonderful masterpieces. However, Singapore is home to lovely, historically rich, and visually beautiful murals. These examples of public art dot the landscape throughout the city, and it’s free to view them and interact with them. The trick is knowing where all the best murals might be found. Recently, a publication recommended seven of the top murals in Singapore.
In one mural, viewers can actually participate in the immersive painting. The work of public art features a child consulting with a librarian. Viewers can read the titles of actual books lining the doors that open up to the inner sanctum of the library, all of which is rendered in realistic detail. But once the doors are closed, the scene changes, showing an adult and child about to enter the library together.
Another mural is a work in progress in the historically significant Little India neighborhood of Singapore. New murals are commissioned every year as a part of the popular art walk events, and many of them pay tribute to the vibrant history of the area. One such mural commemorates some of the most memorable buildings and street scenes of the neighborhood, culminating in a colorful take on history.
One mural even brightens the walking path along a bridge beneath the river. The creative minds behind the mural are part of an art collective that is also a nonprofit organization. The mural itself includes bright renderings of animals and scenes from nature, reflecting the natural scene of the river the bridge crosses.
In a special center that honors and cares for the elderly population in Singapore, the colorful murals there offer special and meaningful windows for the past. Viewers of these murals are seeing the Singapore of yore — the way neighborhoods used to be prior to the modernization of the country. It’s easy for older citizens to immerse themselves in memories through these unique renderings of the past.
Murals even beautify normally plain walls of housing blocks. Nearly a decade ago, a special arts initiative gathered volunteers and armed them with paint and brushes to create humorous and memorable scenes of Singapore’s past. The resulting mural is a playful doodle about kampong life.
The last mural features the smiling face of an older woman, reminding art fans that art is all about people.
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Another mural pays tribute to coffee roasting and brewing and simply begs for viewers to participate with it. The highly realistic scene is set inside a kitchen, a man pouring a steaming cup of coffee while more brews and beans are roasting. The scene is true to life, meaning people can stand in front of it and immerse themselves.
To read more about murals and public art in Singapore, as well as to see a slideshow of the seven murals, go to https://weekender.com.sg/w/explore-singapore/7-places-to-see-local-street-art-that-tells-of-singapores-past/.