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 you feel the irrepressible urge to hold it in your hands and touch it. The pieces by Anders Børgesen (b. 1982, Herning, Denmark) are immediately seductive, with their harmonious structures, sensual surfaces and light presence in space. When he was preparing to become an art teacher, the future artist practiced drawing and painting, and experimented with different materials: papier-mâché, wax, wire, clay... Then something clicked. "I bought a vase by Axel Salto and was captivated by the tactility and vitality of its form. It seemed almost corporeal. I started making my own vases, and took courses in throwing. As soon as I touched the clay, it felt strangely familiar," 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.