Return to the Plane
1968

Shortly before the dissolution of GRAV, Yvaral returned to painting, reviving the research begun in 1959 and 1960. The construction of kinetic objects has its own limits, which can be summed up in a few variations on certain optical effects. The canvas is a much larger abstract space. Anything is possible.

Yvaral returns to a surface organization based on unitary elements. Colors are used in systematized series. His problem is to make the surface more complex by always using the same module: equilateral triangle, square, hexagon, rhombus. The simplicity of the starting element is essential, as Yvaral’s aim is to create organizational systems that can be used directly by industry. 

The invention of new structures is conditioned by several factors. Firstly, Yvaral seeks to solve the problem within a surface, i.e. he doesn’t propose a combinatorial structure that can be developed ad infinitum, but rather seeks to inscribe the grouping of forms in such a way as to be able to close the composition. Secondly, the proposal must not recall an already memorized configuration: snow crystals, floral forms... Finally, he doesn’t want to be trapped by complexity: the optical effect must always remain under the creator’s control.

Otto Hahn