Timeline

Yvaral is closely associated wih the kinetic art movement. Co-founder with Le Parc, Morellet and others of the Groupe de Recherche d�Art Visuel (GRAV) in 1960, Yvaral made his first kinetic works in the late 1950s, creating structures from vinyl and nylon wire, as in Instabilte. Later on, Yvaral experimented with geometrical abstract art where he sought to create a visual language based on simple codifiable and programmed elements. This preoccupation with numerical art manifested itself in the Cubic Structures and Structural Horizons series of the 1960s and 70s.

In 1975, he introduced digital images into his work, creating studies in geometric abstraction from faces, landscapes and monuments. This lead to his series of portraits of Marilyn Monroe, Salvador Dali and Mona Lisa. Yvaral did not intend to pay homage to any of these figures, but chose them because they were instantly recognisable to the collective public conscious.

In May/June 2007 Robert Sandelson will present the artist's first solo show in London since 1970