We spoke to Danish graffiti artist Mikael Brandrup about leaving and loving Denmark
When Mikael Bandrup moved to Los Angeles in 2014, he thought he’d moved to a hub of activity.
With the ongoing pandemic, however, and curfews imposed due to recent rioting, the city is now as sleepy as Humblebæk, the Danish town where he grew up. Like so many artists, for Bandrup the lockdown has been a blessing in disguise. Stuck – quite literally – in a box, he’s been forced to think outside it.
Coronavirus is the subject of his most recent work, completed in his role as an ambassador for the Danish Red Cross. ‘Vores Danmark’ or ‘Our Denmark’ is a reimagination of the Danish map, and is expected to earn 250,000 DKK [about 34,000 EUR] when it goes under the hammer of Bruun-Rasmussen at the end of June. Bandrup tells me his connection to Denmark has been closer than ever in the past few months.
Bandrup started graffiti lettering when he was just 15 years old, covering wood panels in his parent’s backyard. In 2008 he founded, a design agency specialising in communication, branding and web design. His most recent collaborations have been with LinkedIn, Heineken and Google, but with physical meetings banned, social media has been his way of staying in touch with fans recently.
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