Landscaping, Bernier⁄Eliades Gallery

With Maxime Testu

16.01.25 — 29.03.25

The Bernier/Eliades Gallery is pleased to present a group exhibition “Landscaping” featuring Maxime Testu and Xolo Cuintle in Brussels. The opening will take place on Thursday, January 16, 2025, from 18:00 to 21:00, in the presence of the artists. The exhibition is about the idea of creating landscapes, the act of landscaping that explores the intersection of history, mythology, nature, and art, drawing inspiration from everyday objects through perspectives. The show will present both paintings and sculptures that challenge the linear perception of time.

Maxime Testu’s artistic practice involves the use of ink, charcoal, and pigments, allowing him to explore various genres of painting, including Still-life, history paintings, and Landscapes. Working without plans or sketches, Testu captures scenes of everyday life and imagery inspired by nature, literature, and the rural past. He creates forms that are nearly tangible through a spontaneous, almost doodle-like technique.

Xolo Cuintle is an artist duo formed in 2020 by Romy Texier and Valentin Vie Binet, based in Paris and working in Aubervilliers. They create sculptures using concrete, a material they see as emblematic of contemporary challenges. By sculpting it as a fertile ground for hybrid organisms

and using ornamentation as a temporal marker, their works merge contemporary issues with ancient mythologies. Each piece tells speculative stories about soils and the life forms they sustain, challenging linear notions of time.