Rodrigue Glombard: Taking the time to create

Between numbers, colors, and music lies a timeless blend through which Rodrigue Glombard, a versatile artist originally from Martinique and based in Lyon, crafts his work. As a scenographer, he is frequently required to travel for professional engagements, spending long months away from his studio. Over the years, he has developed a unique approach known as his “daily notebooks”, which has evolved into a protocol, a ritual of meditation, and an appointment with oneself: one drawing a day. Every day for over 15 years, the artist has filled dozens of notebooks with a daily drawing. This initiative, which runs counter to the fast pace of our era, has enabled the artist to cultivate a unique approach to time and creation.

“I’ve always been drawn to things that have lived,” Rodrigue Glombard confides to a Martinican television channel. “I realize that all the techniques I used until now were very time-consuming.” The artist explains that throughout the various series of works he has created, a key concept constantly returns. “All these themes that I have pursued more or less simultaneously share a common point, which for me deals with temporality.”

This temporality, which found expression through numbers in the artist's more recent work, has also taken on color. Gifted with synesthesia—a perceptual phenomenon in which two or more senses are coupled—Rodrigue associates numbers with colors, such as the number 4 with blue. These colors are present in several of his works.

Thus, with Rodrigue Glombard, one takes the time to do things properly. Time transforms into works of art that question our relationship with time itself.

Discover the artist's works at the art gallery of the Boutique Hôtel Entraigues**** in Uzès until Sunday, March 30, 2025.