1970-95 CALIFORNIA

Movement defines this period. In 1970, Gilot marries the scientist Dr. Jonas Salk and moves to California. Her liberation from French Dogma is finalized in California, where few elements are reminiscent of old Europe. The Southwestern nature is untamed with its earthquakes, fires, torrential rains and subsequent flooding, moving man and buildings like light straws. Movement, likewise, inflames Gilot. The characters in her plays are transformed into silhouettes, dancers, acrobats or football players that are thrust into motion, as are hills, trees, and oceans. Meanwhile, the sun erases all details and inspires Gilot to move away from textured subtle renditions to flat planes of strong colors that are used at their most intense.