Out of Frame, 1993
Under the light of a neon light, an outstretched hand brushes the headdress of a woman with sidelong gaze, one of the characters in The Fortune Teller, painted by Georges de La Tour three centuries ago. Over ten years, Gérard Rondeau has photographed behind the scenes of museums and major exhibitions. Paintings and sculptures appear wrapped, in position, sometimes delicate or incongruous – always surprising. Here, in a halo of light, there, cut out against the light, is captured in a flash of grace, the essence of forms, that shapes masterpieces. These photographic moments, without giving in the ease of the anecdote, offer us an invigorating vision of the museum, a space where this cloudy exchange is woven in silence – tinged with admiration, questions, but also indifference – between the works and the eyes of men. In the past, some may have declared their hostility towards the museum. On the contrary, in these 135 photographs are strung in filigree the poetry of the place and the pleasure of losing our steps …
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