The Feebles: Waiting for the Bloom
We draw our inspiration from nature — from what grows, unfolds, or fades away
Galerie CHENUS LONGHI presents the first solo exhibition by the Nantes-based duo The Feebles, formed by Anaël Moreau and Gaëtan Guerlais. At the crossroads of design and painting, their work celebrates the beauty of the living world and the rhythm of the seasons through a language built on color.
In a world saturated with noise and uncertainty, Waiting for the Bloom offers a moment of breathing space — an invitation to slow down, to contemplate what keeps life in motion.
Long-time friends, Anaël Moreau and Gaëtan Guerlais have always shared a deep affinity for image and composition. Art directors and graphic designers by trade, they have pursued in parallel a studio practice that has, over time, become a true space for experimentation — where material and gesture naturally take the lead. Since founding their studio in 2013, their distinctive visual world has unfolded across a wide variety of projects: collaborations with international brands (Uniqlo, Adidas, Stetson, Cabaia), public commissions such as the City of Nantes’ project to adorn the bridges over the Loire, and studio-based works.
For them, disciplines merge without hierarchy: painting responds to sculpture, paper converses with wood, and color becomes substance. Waiting for the Bloom unfolds like a blossoming interlude. Paintings, sculptures, and wall reliefs explore the vitality of the vegetal world — its ability to renew itself and to transform. Inspired by the nature that surrounds them, by their wanderings on the Île de Ré and along the Atlantic coast, The Feebles celebrate a living world in constant motion, shifting gently from one season to the next. “” they explain.
The Feebles’ work was first presented by the gallery at District 13 Art Fair in January 2025, followed by the CHENUS LONGHI FAMILY group show in the spring.
At a time when a new generation of artists emerging from the fields of graphic design and illustration is reinventing the codes of contemporary art, The Feebles stand out as distinctive voices — heirs to a rich and popular visual culture, yet deeply rooted in a sincere, material exploration.
