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Tuna Hanging By Tail, Heron By a Leg, ROA By a Heart String in Denmark

Tuna Hanging By Tail, Heron By a Leg, ROA By a Heart String in Denmark

Out in the open on an old grain silo in Odense Harbor the urban naturalist ROA has just completed two sides of an enormous former grain silo with suspended fowl and finfish. The hanging animals are a reminder of the wildlife and industry this coastal area of Denmark has been known for historically.

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ROA. Odense, Denmark. June, 2015. (photo © Nicolai Frank)

“The harbor is being converted to a residential area,” says photographer Nicolai Frank, who shares with us these images of the 47 meter high murals. “The building will stay up though as a landmark to remember old industrial times and the main building currently houses temporary exhibitions and music festivals.”

For ROA it is another opportunity, perhaps his largest ever, to draw attention to the often marginalized species we live with, depend on, exploit, and at times celebrate. Here in plain black and white at a scale that can be seen for great distance he reminds viewers of the fish that is now being endangered by commercial over-fishing worldwide as well as a the heralded heron, one of which he saw by a small pond in a park nearby.

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ROA. Odense, Denmark. June, 2015. (photo © Nicolai Frank)

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ROA. Odense, Denmark. June, 2015. (photo © Nicolai Frank)

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ROA. Odense, Denmark. June, 2015. (photo © Nicolai Frank)

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ROA. Odense, Denmark. June, 2015. (photo © Nicolai Frank)

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ROA. Odense, Denmark. June, 2015. (photo © Nicolai Frank)

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ROA. Odense, Denmark. June, 2015. (photo © Nicolai Frank)

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ROA. Odense, Denmark. June, 2015. (photo © Nicolai Frank)

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ROA. Odense, Denmark. June, 2015. (photo © Nicolai Frank)

 

We wish to thank Nicoali for sharing these exclusive photos with us. For more photos on this project please go HERE:

 

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Don John Does Hans Christian Andersen in Denmark

Danish Street Artist Don John is typically known for his fluorescent ferocious, if stylized, stencilled illustrations of beasts and bearded men (or combinations thereof) on the street and in doorways. Today we see a more reverent side of the artist as he completes a portrait of the Danish author and poet Hans Christian Anderson. The creator of Fairy Tales is best known world wide for his childrens stories including “The Tinderbox”, “The Princess and the Pea”, “Thumbelina”, “The Little Mermaid” and “The Emperor’s New Clothes“.

Not only that, he lived right around the corner from this new giant likeness. “He was born in Odense and the mural is located across from the house where he grew up, in the direction he is looking,” says the artist.

Don John. Odense, Denmark. (Photo © Nicolai Frank)

Don John. Odense, Denmark. (Photo © Nicolai Frank)

Don John. Odense, Denmark. (Photo © Nicolai Frank)

Don John. Odense, Denmark. (Photo © Nicolai Frank)

Don John. Odense, Denmark. (Photo © Nicolai Frank)

Don John. Odense, Denmark. (Photo © Nicolai Frank)

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