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| Summer,
1980.
From a stay on the east Adriatic coast, René Girot brings drawings
of eroded rocks.
The
first paintings of stones are almost monochrome : the starting point is
certain places of Var (French Riviera department)
where the subsoil appears
and where the rarity of mould obliges plants
to protect themselves
from
sun, aridity, cold and wind.
They are natural bonsaïs, twisted by the
Mistral (a wind of Provence)
and dehydrated by the scorching heat.
H 80.32 ,H 82.01, H 82.25 and H 83.02 in H 83.12 evoke this nature
in its
austere beauty.
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| Sol
de cailloux.
Huile/toile 1980 (162x130cm)H.80.32
collection privée |
Verdon,
près de Moustiers-Sainte-Marie.
Huile sur toile.1982-01 (130x89 cm)
Verdon. Oil on canvas. 1982-01 (51x35 in.) H.82.01 |
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| Sol
orange.
Huile/toile 1983 (92x73cm) H8303
Orange-coloured ground. Oil on
canvas. 1983 (36 1/4x28 3/4 in.)
| Sol
mauve.
Huile/toile 1983 (92x73cm) H8304
Mauve-coloured ground. Oil on
canvas. 1983 (36 1/4x28 3/4 in.)
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| "Grand sol
de cailloux"-162x260cm-H8225
collection
publique |
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"Grand sol
de cailloux"-162x260cm-H8315 Within
H 83.15 (162 x 260 cm), multiple red, green and blue very colored
brush strokes
dance in the surface of the canvas but,
seen far away, the painting seems
grey-blue.
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| trois
dessins à l'acrylique sur papier |
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| trois
dessins de cailloux érodés par la mer à Kazela-Medulin, ex-Yougoslavie |
The
paintings of the years 1984-1986 are more colored and in 1987
the colour
starts to bright. He
works repeatedly using the same motif : then appear
the " Interrogated
Landscapes ".
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| Paysage interrogé n°08-130x162cm-1987-H8725
Interrogated landscape n°08-51x63 in. | Paysage
interrogé n°09-130x162cm-1987-H8726
Interrogated landscape n°09-51x63
in. | | |
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| Paysage interrogé n°07-130x162cm-1987-H8724
Interrogated landscape n°07-51x63 in. | Paysage
interrogé n°12-130x162cm-1987-H8729
Interrogated landscape n°012-51x63
in. |
On
the surface of the canvas there's some thickenings while other zones are fluid.
Marks of big brushes and traces of coloured paint cut by small old paintbrushes
can be seen. Spatters, runs of paint and, in certain places, canvas, remain visible.
It gives paintings where the mineral world life becomes perceptible.
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| Cailloux et ciel noir.
Huile sur toile 1985 (73x92cm) H8505
Stones and black sky.
Oil on canvas.
1985 (28 3/4x36 1/4 in.) |
The
last painting of "stones" is named " Mineral Garden " (H 88.14-114 x
195 cm)
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| "Jardin minéral"-114x195cm-H8814 |
The
colour exuberance is going to visit the plant world.
Droits
de Reproduction Réservés |
