Rebeyrolle, a journal of a Painter

a film by Gérard Rondeau

DVD Vidéo. Contemporary Art Collection

Édited by Rmn-Grand Palais

PROJECTION SCAM, JUNE, 14, AT 7.30 P.M.

Deceased the 7th february 2005 at the age of 78, Paul Rebeyrolle was one of the most important French painters of his génération, incorporating a wide variety of materials into his painting – dirt, ash, straw, bone fragments, and pièces of wood – in often large-scale works, he aimed at a naturalism which he opposed to realism. Gérard Rondeau made this film between 1994 and 1999.
In long sillent shots, he shows Rebeyrolle at work in the secrecy of his atelier. In doing so he reminds us that before being a discourse, painting is a work, a dreamy and hazardous confrontation with matter – and suddenly we get a better grasp of an essential aspect of the art of our times.
We also hear the painter speak about the old masters he loves. At other moments we watch the painter walking alone, ant thèse are not the least moving moments of the film. This film represents the first time Rebeyrolle accepted to be filmed at work in his atelier. It was shot with a small vidéo camera and is a one-of-kind document. Rebeyrolle, or, A Painter’s Journal could not have been made without the great friendship and sensé of purpose shared by Paul Rebeyrolle and Gérard Rondeau.

A boat on a river Marne

a film by Gérard Rondeau

Sodaperaga

Cinéma itinérant du 16 sept au 7 oct 2011

Projection depuis une péniche naviguant de Paris jusqu'au Plateau de Langres

En février-mars 2010, à bord d’une péniche aménagée en bateau-studio, Gérard Rondeau et son équipage ont descendu le cours de la Marne depuis sa source sur le plateau de Langres, jusqu’à Paris/Charenton.
Sur le bateau, un studio sommairement aménagé : deux cadres métalliques de format carré et de tailles différentes, un tabouret derrière chacun d’eux, face caméra.
Quarante-cinq jours durant, sur le pont du bateau, au gré du paysage qui défile, plus de deux cents personnes se sont prêtées au jeu de l’entretien. Rencontres de hasard bien sûr, mais surtout rencontres choisies et provoquées, chacun a exprimé son rapport à la rivière.
525 kilomètres de travelling, qui permettent à Gérard Rondeau de poursuivre son portrait général de la plus longue rivière de France