Anders Børgesen

The life of forms

September 6 - November 6, 2025

Opening on Saturday, September 6, 2025 from 6pm, in the presence of the artist.

Anders Børgesen, Untitled, 2025, stoneware, 8 cm to 24.5 cm.

Anders Børgesen is a Danish artist and ceramicist from Herning, renowned for his unique and experimental ceramic works, which often explore the tension between function and aesthetics. Drawing on traditional skills and a strong connection to Nordic design tradition, Børgesen creates pieces with minimalist forms, enriched by textures and glazes that highlight the natural beauty of the material.

His creations exude a calm, organic elegance, and emphasize touch, with each surface inviting exploration. Anders Børgesen has exhibited widely in Denmark and abroad, and his art is appreciated for its ability to create a balance between the raw and the refined.

Press release
Biography
Article dans Connaissance des Arts
Article dans Revue de la céramique et du verre

The magic of a sculpture happens when we feel the overwhelming urge to hold it in our hands and touch it. The works by Anders Børgesen (b. 1982, Herning) instantly charm through their harmonious structure, sensual surface, and subtle presence in space. While training to become an art teacher, the future artist practised drawing, painting, and experimented with various materials such as papier-mâché, wax, wire or clay... Then something clicked. "I bought a vase by Axel Salto and was captivated by the tactility and the vitality of its form. It seemed almost corporeal to me. I began shaping my own vases, and took wheel-throwing classes. From the moment I touched clay, it felt strangely familiar to me," he recalls. [...]

For his first exhibition at Galerie de l'Ancienne Poste, the young Danish ceramicist has chosen to present twenty-seven works of varying sizes (from 8 to 50 cm in height), all created within the last eight months. "My aim, Børgesen concludes, is to awaken curiosity through contemplation. I want visitors to feel this sense of stillness and movement, this quiet vitality I strive to convey".
Guillaume Morel, journalist, art critic.