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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
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
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