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Plastician artist, Yvaral, whose real name is Jean-Pierre Vasarely, is born in 1934. In line with the Bauhaus, Josef Albers, Max Bill and of course his father,
Plastician artist, Yvaral, whose real name is Jean-Pierre Vasarely, is born in 1934. In line with the Bauhaus, Josef Albers, Max Bill and of course his father, Victor Vasarely, Yvaral quickly engages in constructive geometric abstraction. Trained in graphic arts at the School of Applied Arts, Yvaral becomes known in the mid-1950s, for his mathematically structured painting works. If he belongs to the artists’ representatives of kinetic art (Agam, Vasarely, Soto, etc.), one can highlight his very personal approach in a work where the artist evacuates any personal involvement and feeling. Very quickly, the artist uses formal basic and neutral means (square, round or other simple geometric shape). In 1959, he anchors on the principle of systematization from which he does not deviate. He is co-founder in 1960 (with H. Garcia Rossi, François Morellet, Francisco Sobrino and Joel Stein) of the Visual Art Research Group (GRAV), group in which he is heavily involved. The group, which fosters teamwork, intends to banish the word "art" of his vocabulary and replace it with "visual experience located in the ground of physiological perception". With rigor and creativity, Yvaral carries out work in series (like "Progressions", "Crystallization", "Ambiguous Structures", "Cubic Quadri", "Cubic Structure" or "Structured Horizons"). From 1975, the artist uses digitized images (the creation of his faces, landscapes and monuments are governed by the numbers). He uses the computer’s tools in his creation from the mid 80s. The artist dies in 2002.
Biography of Jean-Pierre Yvaral
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Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)
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To read from or about the artist :
* « Derrière le miroir n°172», Ed. Maeght, 1968* « Denise René à Londres. Abstraction géométrique. Lumière et mouvement. Art optique et cinétique», Interview de Denise René, Ed. Redfern Gallery, Londres, 1968
* « Yvaral », Ed. Redfern Gallery, Londres, 1970
* « Yvaral », Jacques Bureau, Ed. Galerie Denise René, Paris, 1972
* « Yvaral », Otto Hahn, Ed. Le Musée de Poche, Paris, 1974
* « Yvaral, le territoire de l'œil », Jean-Clarence Lambert, Ed. Pierre Horay, Paris, 1977
* « Yvaral, Propositions pour un art numérique», Stanley Hopkins et Abraham Moles, Ed. Fondation Vasarely, Aix en Provence, 1998
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A tribute to Jean-Pierre Yvaral
Yves Aral, son premier pseudonyme, une anagramme du nom d'artiste de son père, deviendra Yvaral. Jean-Pierre Yvaral est mort d'un cancer le 4 août 2002 à Paris. Il avait 68 ans. Il repose au cimetière d'Annet-sur-Marne, non loin de la sépulture de son père, Victor Vasarely. Voici les quelques mots inscrit sur sa tombe : Les artistes viennent tous d’un même pays celui des rêves et des illusions. En son hommage, cette marguerite.
"La création est un processus, non un jaillissement." - Yvaral
"L'artiste n’impose pas autre chose que les règles et la matière du « jeu », étant entendu que le spectateur peut toujours improviser de nouvelles règles. " - Yvaral
"Je tente d’opérer une sorte de décentrement en jouant des variations d’échelle et des permutations de structures, afin d’ouvrir la perception sur des champs d’investigation nouveaux." - Yvaral
"C’est peut-être dans l’art géométrique et son prolongement l’art numérique que la distance entre la science et l’art est la plus faible, et que leur communauté d’attitude et d’action est la plus grande." - Abraham Moles
"La partie essentielle de mon œuvre, ce sont les développements avec des images digitalisées." - Yvaral
"Un visage où l’enfance s’attarde, une assurance de prestidigitateur alliée à une gaucherie adolescente, Yvaral était le paradoxe et la grâce, un grand éclat de rire, la simplicité, l’humour, une permanente gentillesse, l’écoute et la générosité, l’innocence préservée, la rigueur et l’intégrité." - Michèle Vasarely
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- + OPTICAL ART / 1955-1968 / Nicolas Schöffer (cybernetic art), Larry Poons, Bridget Riley, etc.
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