- Jean-Pierre Yvaral
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birthname = Jean-Pierre Vasarhelyi
birthdate =January 25 1934
location =Paris ,France
deathdate =August 2 2002
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nationality = French
field = painting
training =Ecole des Arts Appliques , Paris
movement =optical art
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awards = Gold Medal: 5th San Marino Biennale (with GRAV) (1963). Gold Medal: New Delhi Triennale (1971). Gold Medal: Alexandria Triennale (1971)Jean-Pierre Vasarely (1934-2002), professionally known as Yvaral, was a French artist working in the fields of op-art and
kinetic art from 1954 onwards. He was the son ofVictor Vasarely .Life and work
Yvaral studied graphic art and publicity at the
Ecole des Arts Appliques between 1950 and 1953. In 1960, Yvaral co-founded theGroupe de Recherche d'Art Visuel (GRAV) withJulio Le Parc ,François Morellet , Francisco Sobrino, Horacio Garcia Rossi and Joel Stein, seeking to develop a coherent abstract visual language composed of simple geometric elements.In 1975 he coined the phrase 'Numerical Art' to describe artwork composed (or programmed) according to numerical rules or algorithms. From this time onwards he used computers to digitally process and manipulate images, although the final images were always hand painted. He used this technique to produce several series of portraits starting from instantly recognisable images, such as the face of
Marilyn Monroe , and processing them to the point where they become abstract compositions, while the the original image remains recognisable.Death
He died on
August 2 2002 , aged 68 and was survived by his widow, Michèle Taburno.References
* [http://www.robertsandelson.com/artists/Yvaral/Index.htm Overview]
* [http://www.robertsandelson.com/artists/Yvaral/Biography.html Biography]
* [http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=2182&page=1&sole=y&collab=y&attr=y&sort=default&tabview=bio Biography in Tate catalogue]
*Holzhey, Magdalena, "Vasarely" (Taschen : 2005) ISBN 3-8228-3908-6External links
* [http://www.yvaral.net Official site published by Michèle Vaserely] (in French)
* [http://www.robertsandelson.com/artists/Yvaral/work1.htm Images (Portraits)]
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