SYMMETRY - THE PASSION OF JENS W. BEYRICH
According to Erasmus of Rotterdam, symmetry is “the supreme harmony of the world”. Jens W. Beyrich, avid collector of antiques and art, perceives symmetry as a continuous narrative - in all cultures, all epochs and all disciplines: architecture, painting, sculptural artwork, music and dance… Generating interwoven symmetries, as Beyrich observed, has never been applied in arts before - a reason may be because it cannot be found in nature. Highly aesthetic and eye catching, the underlying concept he calls Hypersymmetrics was developed into intriguing complex graphics and sculptures. These were first publicly shown in London’s famous Cork Street (see Apollo Magazine, June 2013). Since then Beyrich’s artworks have been presented at various fairs for Contemporary Art, in museum spaces such as the ZKM in Karlsruhe, the Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein and the Chiostro del Bramante (attracting some 20000 visitors in two months!). It was exhibited at the 58th Venice Biennale and now has found its way up to the Pantheon in Rome. The Large Star Sphere with its allegoric significance, elegance and beauty, as well as its unparalleled engineering complexity pushed to extremes, perfectly complements the Pantheon. This giant in world architecture and the oldest with a spherical dome is celebrating its foundation jubilee: in binary code, 100-000-000-000 years. It is the aim of Jens W. Beyrich to cooperate with Art Foundations, Museums, Galleries and Public Institutions to install further Star Spheres, all unique by different colour combinations but equal in size to the Large Star Sphere in the Pantheon, to spread its allegoric message around the globe. Postal authorities have issued stamps designed by Jens W. Beyrich, notably in Singapore, Liechtenstein and most recently Luxembourg. Moreover, the Star Sphere has now been scaled down and created in Crystals from Swarovski (see the inside back cover page of this Magazine). Beyrich’s passion for collecting has generated a new exhibition concept tailored for museum requirements and soon to be published, evidently based on Symmetry!