LYRITCH
Geometrical melodies in different tempos

Graphic interpretations of two musical scores
W. Kandinsky, Point and Line to Plan, published in 1926

The webxhibition called LYRITCH pays respect to the works and theories of Kazimir Malevitch (1878-1935) and Wassily Kandinsky (1866 -1944), two early twentieth century Russian artists who, among others, are considered to be the fathers of abstract painting.

« Thus the world of the lines includes all expressive sonorities, from the cold lyrism to the burning drama »
W. Kandinsky, Point and Line to Plan (1926).

In his writings, Kandinsky developed the settings of a new graphic language, aiming to express spiritual meanings. One of his inspirations was the solfeggio and its universal reading rules, which allows the writing of music. His abstract paintings set the point, the line and the colour as founding elements of a new vocabulary. They were then cast into vast graphical compositions that translated the emotions the artist wished to express in the same way a musical score would do.

A merger between Lyrism and Malevitch

Revolving around the relationship between music and painting, the LYRITCH webxhibition gathers some pieces born from my own exploration of an abstraction made of pure shapes and colours. They are the graphic expression of geometrical melodies in different tempos.

The route of the webxhibition passes through several rooms:

> The one called Interpretation shows works referring directly to the symbolic and formal vocabulary developed by the Russian artists.

> The Translation room presents three paintings based on similar graphic structures. However, each one has been built with different geometrical movements and is ultimately playing its specific melody.

> The three last rooms, called Partitions I, II and III, display artworks based on my personal language of shapes. Here, a primal shape in the middle of the canvas, perceived as three-dimensional, was drawn according to the strict proportions of the framework. From this origin, geometrical elements – also generated by mathematical relations to the frame – resound in a dynamic way. Some pieces are organised in several ‘pages’ like a musical score, in a triptych or a quadriptych.

The LYRITCH webxhibition invites you to decipher the inner message of these geometrical compositions and to re-compose your own melodies during this virtual stroll. I hope it will provide you with deep pulses and meaningful sounds.