Explore the colourful mural in Mozarts Plads
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Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen once said that he works with colourfulness, and although he thinks it's a slightly naive and silly way of putting it, it fits his art quite well.
‘Holy moly, this is beautiful! I predict a life as a tourist attraction for the metro stop on Mozarts Plads.’
This is the enthusiastic review in Politiken, which gives the artwork six hearts. And when you visit the Mozarts Plads metro station, you'll almost wish the trains were a little further apart.
The huge mural is so fascinating with its fantastic colours, whimsical figures and thousands of tiny details that it's hard to let go.
The work was painted by local artist Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen, who was inspired by the atmosphere around Mozarts Plads. He is primarily known for his colourful and explosive paintings, and this artwork is no exception.
‘It's a work about the future. Children at play, horses with wings and space rockets and stars - that's the overall universe - and I believe that this painting will contribute something fundamentally positive. It should give a sense that everything will be alright,’ he explains.
The mural is composed of 840 lacquered fibre concrete panels.
Surprises along the way
For Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen, the six months it has taken to paint the artwork has been a bit like putting together a jigsaw puzzle.
‘You may have laid out the sky, some houses, some lawn and some boats, but how do you make it all fit together? It's a bit like this. It's been about getting some parts to fit together,’ he explains.
He had an overall plan that the theme would be children and animals and space travel, but a lot has changed from the first sketches. For example, he didn't expect a three-metre tall dog in mother-of-pearl, but now it has become one of his favourite elements.
‘That certainly wasn't the intention from the start, and it has really surprised me that it works as damn well as I think it does,’ he explains.
The Danish Arts Foundation has appointed the five artists who have created the art for the five metro stations. The artworks were created for each station individually, but have a common theme that reflects on time and space, geology and water. The project has received financial support from the Obel Family Foundation, the Villum Foundation and the Danish Arts Foundation.
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