NEW EXHIBITION:
LARS CALMAR AT KLASSIK
On 10 June 2026 – during 3daysofdesign in Copenhagen – we are opening an exhibition of ceramic sculptures by Danish artist Lars Calmar (b. 1968) at our Flagship Store on Bredgade 3.
Calmar has not exhibited for six years. We are delighted that his return is happening here.
We visited Lars Calmar at his studio on Langeland, where he was working on 'Minotaurus' – one of the pieces that will feature in the exhibition.Calmar completed his training as a ceramicist in 1990 and has since built an international career that few Danish artists in his field can match. He has exhibited in the US, South Korea, China, England, Canada, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Bali and many other places. His work is also represented in museum collections in both China and Denmark.
Which makes six years of silence all the more striking.
Which makes six years of silence all the more striking.
Since 1991, KLASSIK has specialised in furniture, lighting, art and ceramics from the 20th century – objects that have already lived a life. They have stood in homes, been used daily, and gathered marks, wear, repairs and patina along the way. For us, that history is a large part of what makes them worth having.
Which is why inviting Lars Calmar in felt like the right thing to do.
His sculptures are concerned with a life lived, too – just approached from a very different angle. Where the traces at KLASSIK are found in wood, leather, fabric and cane, Calmar's are found in the body. His figures are naked, weighted, off-kilter, funny, a little uncomfortable and deeply human. They speak to things we all carry but rarely say aloud: the need to be seen, family, shame, vanity, vulnerability and everything that resists being kept in check.
Which is why inviting Lars Calmar in felt like the right thing to do.
His sculptures are concerned with a life lived, too – just approached from a very different angle. Where the traces at KLASSIK are found in wood, leather, fabric and cane, Calmar's are found in the body. His figures are naked, weighted, off-kilter, funny, a little uncomfortable and deeply human. They speak to things we all carry but rarely say aloud: the need to be seen, family, shame, vanity, vulnerability and everything that resists being kept in check.
"I use the body because that is where things settle."
– Lars CalmarWe work every day with objects that show their age – and are better for it. A chair reupholstered in new leather may still carry the worn groove of an armrest used for decades. A table holds the ghost of every glass, book and elbow that has rested on it. A leather sofa develops a softness that only years of use can give. Time does not diminish these things. More often, it is what makes them.
Calmar's sculptures work in much the same way. They present the imperfect without apology. They can read as serious or comic, sometimes both at once. They may feel confrontational at first – but the longer you spend with them, the more tender they become.
Calmar's sculptures work in much the same way. They present the imperfect without apology. They can read as serious or comic, sometimes both at once. They may feel confrontational at first – but the longer you spend with them, the more tender they become.
The exhibition brings his ceramic sculptures and wall works into direct conversation with the furniture and objects already in the space. The result is a particular kind of contrast: between the composed, considered forms of Danish furniture design and Calmar's more bodily, raw and unguarded figures.
What happens when a naked, rounded, vulnerable form is placed beside a refined Danish design classic? When the human and the unruly are given room to stand amongst all that fine proportion?
That is the conversation we are looking forward to.
What happens when a naked, rounded, vulnerable form is placed beside a refined Danish design classic? When the human and the unruly are given room to stand amongst all that fine proportion?
That is the conversation we are looking forward to.
The exhibition opens 10 June 2026 during 3daysofdesign
Bredgade 3, 1260 Copenhagen K
Open Monday–Friday 11–18 · Saturday 10–16
Request a list of works here