Elias Crespin (born 1965) is a Venezuelan kinetic artist. Crespin is known for his moving, motorized sculptures, made of series of suspended geometric elements that slowly evolve and unfold in the air. He lives in Paris.
Elias Crespin | |
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 Elias Crespin with one of his works | |
| Born | 1965 Caracas, Venezuela |
| Notable work | L'Onde du Midi, 2020, Louvre |
| Style | Sculpture, kinetic art, robotic art |
Career
editL'Onde du Midi
editIn 2019 he was commissioned by Jean-Luc Martinez, director of the Louvre Museum, Paris, to create a sculpture. This followed commissions to Georges Braque, Anselm Kiefer, Cy Twombly, and François Morellet. In January 2020, L'Onde du Midi was inaugurated, hovering over 19th century stairs on the North side of the Louvre Colonnade. The work is a succession of 128 aluminium tubes, painted blue, that undulates from order to chaos following an algorithmic choreography.[1][2][3][4][5]
Early life
editHe was born in Caracas, Venezuela.
He started his career as an engineer and informatician. In 2000, he began experimenting with algorithms and motors to create "electrokinetic" sculptures. These led to his first piece, Malla electrocinética, in 2002.[6][7]
In 2008, he moved to Paris.[8]
Bibliography
editHis works feature in permanent collections such as the Louvre, the Maison de l’Amérique Latine in Paris, the Museum of Fine Arts[9], Houston, El Museo del Barrio in New York, the MALBA in Buenos Aires, or the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing[10]
Some of his works are permanently exhibited:
Louvre Museum Paris, France.
House of Latin America, Paris, France.
The Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri.[11]
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas.
Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Exhibition catalogues
edit- Negative Space. Trajectories of Sculpture in the 20th and 21st Centuries, under the direction of Peter Weiermair, ZKM Center for Arts and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2021 ISBN 9780262044868, 0262044862
- Artistes & Robots, under the direction of Laurence Bertrand Dorléac and Jérôme Neutres, Réunion des musées nationaux - Grand Palais, Paris, France, 2018 ISBN 9782711871094, 2711871096
- The Urge to create Visions...1929-2017, Center of Polish Sculpture, Radom, Poland, 2017
- De Nature en Sculpture, Fondation Villa Datris, L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France, 2017
- Slow Motion, Maison de l’Amérique Latine / Editions Hermann, Paris, France, 2017
- Geometrische Choreographien, Das Kleine Museum : Weissenstadt, Germany, 2015
- Elias Crespin, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France, 2014
- Elias Crespin. Temps suspendu, Galerie de la Marine, Nice, France, 2014
- Elias Crespin. Parallels, Cecilia de Torres, Ltd., New York, NY, USA, 2012
- Elias Crespin. Hiperficies, Ars Longa, Paris, France, 2010
- Dynamo. Un siècle de mouvement et lumière dans l'art. 1913-2013, under the direction of Serge Lemoine, RMN, Paris, France, 2013 ISBN 9782711860500, 2711860507
- Turbulences II, Fondation Boghossian / Espace culturel Louis-Vuitton, Brussels, Belgium, 2013
- Turbulences, Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton, Paris, France, 2012
References
edit- ^ "Un nouveau décor d'art contemporain signé Elias Crespin bientôt au Louvre". Connaissance des Arts (in French). 2019-12-17. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ^ Valérie Duponchelle (2020-01-20). "Elias Crespin, l'art de la ligne au Louvre". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ^ "Les chorégraphies cinétiques d'Elias Crespin | Gazette Drouot". Gazette Drouot (in French). 2020-03-05. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ^ Marina Hémonet (2020-01-27). "Le Louvre s'ouvre à l'art cinétique". AD Magazine (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-09.
- ^ "Elias Crespin, one of two living artists displayed at the Louvre". La Prensa Latina Media. 2022-02-09. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ^ Susana Salic (2015). "Elias Crespin". Artnexus. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
- ^ Virginie Chuimer-Layen, "Elias Crespin et la poésie de la cinétique", in La Gazette Drouot, n° 6, Feb. 15 2013
- ^ Amélie Adamo, "Entretien avec Elias Crespin", in Art Absolument, n° 49, Sept-Oct. 2012
- ^ "Equiláteros | All Works | The MFAH Collections". emuseum.mfah.org. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ^ "Elias Crespin | Fondation Guy & Myriam Ullens". ullens-foundation.com. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
- ^ Painter, Adrean (2024-02-07). "Soaring Sculpture Melding Art and Science Celebrates Nelson-Atkins 90th". Nelson Atkins. Retrieved 2024-11-13.