The theme of memory emerges through the practices of Aguera, Olukman, Manoli, Duval, d’Harcourt, and de Soos. Though grounded in figuration, their works brush against the surreal and the experiential. Through shape and color, Olukman and d’Harcourt break apart the imagery revealing hidden truths and narratives. Manoli approaches landscape through materiality, constructing sculptural surfaces that render the canvas almost geological. Ageura responds with energy and the spontaneity of her gestural brush strokes. De Soos places the human figure within its natural environment, infusing her scenes with a quiet sense of wonder and curiosity.

Fragmentation takes shape in the work of Gilles, Trincere, and Czerska who fill their works with colors and distinct forms. Gilles explores geometric shapes and the shifting light reflected on gold leaf, urging the viewer to embrace its silence and enter a state of reflection. Trincere and Czerska build their compositions through layered, sharp forms. Trincere, through her Neo-Geo abstractions and deliberately restricted palette, seeks the optimal and simplest combination of form and color, distilling her surroundings into a reduced urban vocabulary. Czerska turns toward nature and the forest, body and mind, working with complex arrangements of shapes, textures, and multiple colors to convey an emotional and sensory landscape.

Repetition unfolds in the rhythmic gestures and insistent patterns that guide the work of Laks, Gilliam, and Bernardi. Laks plays with layers of color and intertwined patterns, drawing out narrative threads as they gradually pull the viewer into their entropy. Gilliam, however, turns to the gesture of language, using both hands to layer letters and repeated alphabets, capturing the beauty of connection and communication while simultaneously allowing space for misunderstanding and alienation. Bernardi works in three dimensions, creating floating compositions from natural seeds, dried flowers, and other similarly shaped organic elements gathered during her wanderings in Provence. She searches for a balance between the collective and the individual, allowing each form to assert itself while contributing to a larger whole.