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MIMESIS solo exhibition @cidgrandhornu
14.06.26 - 15.11.26
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MIMESIS / exhibition view
 7. TEXTURED CABINET
L 100 x W 50 x H 90 cm 
Plywood, faux bois painting 

Textured Cabinet is part of a series exploring the relationship between form and surface. Inspired by digital 3D modeling, the work begins with a simple, neutral shape defined only by its geometry, with the surface added afterward. In this piece, a wood grain is painted onto plywood, creating the illusion of solid wood. The material is only a surface effect, not part of the structure. By separating structure from appearance, the work highlights the gap between what the object is and what it seems to be. 
Textured Cabinet fait partie d’une série explorant la relation entre la forme et la surface. Inspirée par les logiciels de modélisation numérique 3D, l’œuvre commence par une forme neutre, un simple parallélépipède ; la texture est ajoutée par la suite. Pour cette œuvre, une coulure de faux chêne est peinte sur du contre-plaqué, ce qui donne l’illusion d’un bois robuste. Le matériau n’est qu’un effet de la surface, et non une partie de la structure. En distinguant la structure de son apparence, l’œuvre illustre le contraste entre la nature réelle de l’objet et son aspect. 

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MIMESIS / exhibition view
4. OCEAN SUNSET Thermoformed glass, gold leaf
Ø 90 cm

This series of 5 glass pieces, gilded with gold leaf, evokes the shifting light of a sunset over the ocean. Each tone of gold corresponds to a different moment in the transition from dawn to dusk. Applied to the surface of thermoformed glass, the gold leaf creates subtle variations in colour and reflection. The composition unfolds through a sequence of hues, ranging from pale to deep tones: white gold (13.25 kt), green gold (18 kt), light yellow gold (22 kt), yellow gold “extra” (23 kt), and champagne gold (22.5 kt). 
Cette série de cinq pièces en verre, dorées à la feuille d’or, évoque la lumière changeante d’un coucher de soleil sur l’océan. Chaque ton d’or correspond à un moment différent de la transition entre l’aube et le crépuscule. Appliquée à la surface du verre thermoformé, la feuille d’or crée de subtiles variations de couleur et de reflet. La composition se déploie en une succession de teintes, des tons les plus pâles aux plus profonds : or blanc (13,25 carats), or vert (18 carats), or jaune clair (22 carats), or jaune « extra » (23 carats) et or champagne (22,5 carats). 
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MIMESIS / exhibition view 2.1. OCEAN FRAGMENT & 2.5. RAINY DAY TERRAIN VAGUE : DAMIEN GERNAY & JULIE ISTASSE Ø 44 x H 6 cm, Ø 44 x H 4 cm
 Mass-coloured stoneware 
These ceramics works capture liquid moments in clay. A raindrop grazing the water, a fragment of ocean suspended in time. Between the permanence of the material and the fragility of the phenomenon, each work preserves the trace of a moment that is constantly fading away. Ces œuvres en céramique capturent des instants liquides dans la terre. Une goutte de pluie effleurant l’eau, un fragment d’océan suspendu dans le temps. Entre la permanence de la matière et la fragilité du phénomène, chaque œuvre conserve la trace d’un instant qui s’efface sans cesse. 
📷 @carolinedethier 

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MIMESIS / exhibition view
 3.1. GLAZ GREEN Ø 110 cm Thermoformed and silvered green glass 

Glaz Green is a mirror inspired by the movement of ocean waves. When two waves meet in opposite phases— when the crest of one meets the trough of another — they partly cancel each other out, reducing their height. The title refers to “glaz,” a word used in Brittany to describe the shifting colour of the sea, somewhere between green, blue, and grey. This unstable colour is reflected in the material itself: the tinted and silvered glass creates changing hues and reflections. Glaz Green est un miroir inspiré du phénomène d’interférence destructive des vagues dans l’océan. Lorsque deux vagues se rencontrent à des moments opposés (lorsque la crête de l’une rencontre le creux de l’autre), elles se détruisent partiellement et réduisent leur hauteur. Le titre fait référence au mot breton glaz qui décrit les différentes couleurs de la mer ; des teintes oscillant entre le vert, le bleu et le gris. Cette couleur instable est reflétée sur le matériau : le verre teinté et argenté crée des teintes et des réflexions changeantes. 
📷 @carolinedethier 

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MIMESIS / exhibition view
 1. MER NOIRE Ø 120 x H 36 cm Leather, patinated steel Mer Noire is a coffee table derived from the observation of the sea—its constant movement and continuously shifting surface. The work translates this unstable condition into a fixed object. The tabletop is formed by shaping leather over a structure, using the material’s flexibility to produce a relief that recalls the surface of water. Once set, the leather retains these deformations, preserving the traces of the forming process. Its textured surface interacts with light in a way comparable to caustic reflections on water. Mer Noire est une table basse inspirée de l’observation de la mer, de ses mouvements incessants et de sa surface toujours changeante. L’œuvre transforme cette instabilité en objet figé. Le plateau de la table est fabriqué grâce à une technique inédite de gainage de cuir par moulage et par l’exploitation de la souplesse du matériau pour produire un relief qui rappelle la surface de l’eau. Une fois moulé, le cuir garde ces déformations, ce qui préserve les traces du processus de création. Le grain de sa surface interagit avec la lumière d’une manière comparable à des réflexions caustiques sur l’eau. 

📷 @carolinedethier 

#damiengernay #functionalart #functionalsculpture #collectibledesign #contemporaryfurniture by @damiengernay
MIMESIS / exhibition view
 3.1. GLAZ Thermoformed and silvered glass Ø 110 cm Glaz is a mirror inspired by the movement of ocean waves. When two waves meet in opposite phases, when the crest of one meets the trough of another, they partly cancel each other out, reducing their height. The title refers to “glaz,” a word used in Brittany to describe the shifting colour of the sea, somewhere between green, blue, and grey. This unstable colour is reflected in the material itself: the tinted and silvered glass creates changing hues and reflections. 

📷 @carolinedethier 

#damiengernay #functionalart #functionalsculpture #collectibledesign #contemporaryfurniture by @damiengernay
MIMESIS
Solo exhibition @cidgrandhornu 14.06.26 → 15.11.26

Mimesis brings together two decades of exploration, assembling works shaped through the interaction between advanced technological processes and elemental forces such as heat and air along with the changing states of materials. Across the exhibition, perception is continuously tested: what is seen, what is understood, and what remains unresolved.

Mimesis retrace deux décennies d’exploration et rassemble des œuvres dont les formes découlent de la rencontre entre des processus technologiques avancés et des forces élémentaires (comme la chaleur et l’air), ainsi qu’avec des changements d’état des matériaux. L’exposition joue sans cesse sur la perception du public : ce qu’il voit, ce qu’il comprend et ce qu’il ne comprend pas.

📷 @carolinedethier 

#damiengernay #functionalart #functionalsculpture #collectibledesign #contemporaryfurniture by @damiengernay
MIMESIS 
Solo exhibition @cidgrandhornu 14.06.26 → 15.11.26

 Mimesis brings together two decades of exploration, assembling works shaped through the interaction between advanced technological processes and elemental forces such as heat and air along with the changing states of materials. Across the exhibition, perception is continuously tested: what is seen, what is understood, and what remains unresolved.

 Mimesis retrace deux décennies d’exploration et rassemble des œuvres dont les formes découlent de la rencontre entre des processus technologiques avancés et des forces élémentaires (comme la chaleur et l’air), ainsi qu’avec des changements d’état des matériaux. L’exposition joue sans cesse sur la perception du public : ce qu’il voit, ce qu’il comprend et ce qu’il ne comprend pas.

 📷 @carolinedethier by @damiengernay
MIMESIS
Solo exhibition @cidgrandhornu 14.06.26 → 15.11.26

Mimesis brings together two decades of exploration, assembling works shaped through the interaction between advanced technological processes and elemental forces such as heat and air along with the changing states of materials. Across the exhibition, perception is continuously tested: what is seen, what is understood, and what remains unresolved.

Mimesis retrace deux décennies d’exploration et rassemble des œuvres dont les formes découlent de la rencontre entre des processus technologiques avancés et des forces élémentaires (comme la chaleur et l’air), ainsi qu’avec des changements d’état des matériaux. L’exposition joue sans cesse sur la perception du public : ce qu’il voit, ce qu’il comprend et ce qu’il ne comprend pas.

📷 @carolinedethier 

#damiengernay #functionalart #functionalsculpture #collectibledesign #art by @damiengernay
EXHIBITION ⎮ @damiengernay at @cidgrandhornu ⁠ Mimesis brings together two decades of work by Brussels-based designer Damien Gernay, in his first major solo exhibition at @cidgrandhornu. Structured around fire, water, air, rock and forest, the exhibition unfolds as a sensitive dialogue between material, craft and illusion.⁠ ⁠ Aristotle described mimesis — imitation — as a natural human activity, and a way of making sense of the world. Gernay observes, reconstructs and recreates reality through interpretations that are as curious as they are intelligent. His surfaces appear shaped by time or erosion, yet are entirely constructed, and leave perception oscillating between the familiar and the enigmatic.⁠ ⁠ Pieces such as Textured Cabinet and the Lumberjack shelves turn functional furniture into a sensory experience: seemingly carved from raw trunks, they blur the line between nature and fabrication, between object and sculpture. The work invites us to slow down our gaze and question what we think we recognise.⁠ ⁠ Trained in industrial design at ESA Saint-Luc in Tournai, Gernay works between art and design — shaping certain pieces by hand in his studio, developing others with specialised craftspeople, and remaining involved across the entire process.⁠ ⁠ Damien Gernay. Mimesis⁠ CID au Grand-Hornu, Écuries⁠ On view until Saturday 15.11⁠ More info on the link in bio. ⁠ With @province_de_hainaut, @culturehainaut, @sophiecarreepr⁠ 📸 @caroline_dethier & @elinewillaert⁠ ⁠ #belgiumisdesign #damiengernay #cidgrandhornu #exhibition #belgiandesign by @damiengernay
MIMESIS Solo exhibition @cidgrandhornu 14.06.26 → 15.11.26 Opening on 13 June from 6 pm CID Grand-Hornu is pleased to present Mimesis, a solo exhibition by designer Damien Gernay, offering an overview of two decades of work that explores nature, materiality, and craftsmanship. Through his hyperreal representations and enigmatic surfaces, Gernay draws viewers into a space where perception oscillates between the familiar and the uncanny.
The exhibition brings together a group of works  that translate natural phenomena into material processes, combining digital tools, industrial fabrication, and specialized craft techniques. Across sculpture and functional objects, the works explore how light, water, air, and surface texture can be transformed through different materials and methods.  

#damiengernay #functionalart #functionalsculpture #collectibledesign #mimesis by @damiengernay
EXTRACTION Vase #01 Casted stoneware, smoke-firing
Ø27 x H45cm
 From the 3D scan of a rock taken from the real world begins a process of translation, where data becomes form, and form becomes artifact.
The raw material undergoes a triple displacement: first virtualized, then re-materialized through stoneware molding, and finally textured by smoke-firing.
This passage from one state to another produces a perceptual ambiguity: the form appears familiar, almost geological, yet at the same time archetypal, artificially recomposed.
Smoke-firing, both a natural ornament and an added stratum, enhances the speculative nature of the object: not simply a rock, but the idea of a rock, its trace, its model, its fiction. By shifting extraction into the virtual realm, we proposes a sculptural gesture that spares the physical landscape. The work engages with a digital ecology of forms, where matter is simulated, reimagined, and made tangible—without being consumed. © @elinewillaert #ceramicart #ceramicsculpture #sculptures #design #contemporaryceramics #ceramiquecontemporaine #collectibledesign #artwork #oneofakind #ceramiccollection #interiordesign #sculpture #ceramicsculpture
#artdelatable #tablewaredesign #terrain_vague_ceramic by @damiengernay

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