Trees of the forest, you truly know my soul! —Victor Hugo, “To the Trees”, Contemplations, 1843 Kamel Mennour is delighted to be participating in TEFAF Maastricht. In a specially curated booth the gallery is presenting a selection of pieces questioning the concept of romantic landscape. This project combines a series of large works by Ugo Rondinone – including a golden sun in bronze and dark olive trees (cast in resin, then reworked with earth and dried flowers) – with historical and contemporary works. These gnarled, wind-racked trunks will be shown interacting with contemporary and romantic works by Latifa Echakhch, Alicja Kwade, Hicham Berrada, Tadashi Kawamata, Lee Ufan and Zao Wou-Ki. The exhibition also brings together older works by masters such as Victor Hugo, Odilon Redon, and Eugène Carrière, thus creating a poetical dialogue between various periods. The ensemble forms a mental landscape amid the turmoil of our inner winds. The effect of this romantic vision of nature is striking: art seems to halt time's arrow, while paradoxically underscoring our ephemerality.