Per-René Larsen
Easy Living on Solid Ground

PREVIEW Saturday, May 2, 2–4 PM
May 2 to May 30, 2026

The Wizard’s Workshop. At first glance, it seems chaotic: tools, wires, machines, boxes, and a heaven-blessed abundance of bits and pieces. The visual impression is contrasted by music. The soft sound of Tindersticks flows from the large, suspended speakers.

In the middle of it all stands a work in progress. Assembled from metal supports, clamps, and tape. There is welding and humming. I do not understand the aesthetic. I do not understand the logic of the work.

When we are about to take photographs, the conversation goes something like this: “You need to take the picture from here,” says Per-René. “This is where it is most exciting.” I reply: “But it looks best from here?” “Yes, exactly, that is not interesting.”

There is a kind of shattered aesthetic. But the works are also constructive. What is assembled is the most striking feature. Many of Per-René’s older works have been reused. In this series, they have been fused together with fragments from Holmegård Glass Workshop. Parts that others have discarded.

Here, experience comes together - the long, genuine experience with the possibilities of glass. Per-René is liberated in his approach. He no longer has to achieve anything. He is exploratory, curious, and irritated by being disturbed. Work is constant. Everything holds potential, and the excitement is great when unexpected events occur. At other times, things break along the way, only to be reused in new contexts. The works are a powerful outpouring of glass, of color, of form, and of collisions. I have no fixed point.