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Horror Vacui is a collection of new works by the internationally acclaimed ceramic artist Morten Løbner Espersen. It is also the title of his 2012 solo exhibition at Trapholt Art Museum – a monumental presentation creating a dialogue between four series of works: vessels, cylinders, glazed clay tablets and drawings.Horror vacui – the fear of empty space – was originally the name of a style of a classical Greek vase from around 1000 B.C. with intricate decorations covering its entire surface. Morten Løbner Espersen's new series, inspired by the forms of antiquity, marks a shift from the strict geometry that has previously characterised his works. Here his dramatic glazes are met with an expressive answer from the clay.

Morten Løbner Espersen, en af vor tids helt store keramiske kunstnere blev i år tildelt Kulturministeriets Design Bog Pris. Bogen er blevet til i samarbejde med lyrikeren og grafikeren Christian Yde Frostholm, og fremstår i sine gengivelser af Løbner Espersens unikke glasurer, i et stramt underspillet lay-out, der giver hvert enkelt af hans arbejder maksimalt spillerum.