Film: round table “mathematics, metaphysics, art”
with Jean de Loisy, Laurent Derobert, Gaël Charbau
Video of the round table “Mathematics, Metaphysics, Art” around the work of John Urho Kemp organized by the gallery on July 1, 2015 with Jean de Loisy, Laurent Derobert, Gaël Charbau and Christian Berst.
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Jean de Loisy, president of the Palais de Tokyo.
Laurent Derobert, PhD in economics and researcher. Designer of “existential mathematics”.
Gaël Charbau, art critic and curator. Curator of the exhibition John Urho Kemp, a Bermuda triangle.
Christian Berst, gallery owner.
This Californian artist, who died in 2010, had a degree in chemical engineering. Fascinated by meditation and metaphysics, he sought to unravel the mysteries of existence through formulas and numbers drawn from his own history. This “conceptual brut” artist sometimes photocopied his work to distribute it to as many people as possible. In 2014, Daniel Baumann introduced him to the 548 Center in New York. The following year, we entrusted Gael Charbau with writing an essay and curing the monographic exhibition held at the gallery. In the same year, Alfred
A significant number of his works was donated to the Centre Pompidou collection in 2021.
