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Elias Crespin
TempomorphosisExhibition text by independent curator Domitille d'Orgeval
May 18 – August 3, 2023
Elias Crespin: And Yet It Moves! Installation view at Sicardi | Ayers | Bacino, 2021.
Elias Crespin, Gran 16 cubos rojos, 2020. Painted aluminum, nylon, motors and electronic interface, 71 5/8 x 71 5/8 in. (182 x 182 cm.)
Elias Crespin, Gran 16 cubos rojos (detail), 2020. Painted aluminum, nylon, motors and electronic interface, 71 5/8 x 71 5/8 in. (182 x 182 cm.)
Elias Crespin, Gran 16 cubos rojos, 2020. Painted aluminum, nylon, motors and electronic interface, 71 5/8 x 71 5/8 in. (182 x 182 cm.)
Elias Crespin, Gran 16 cubos rojos, 2020. Painted aluminum, nylon, motors and electronic interface, 71 5/8 x 71 5/8 in. (182 x 182 cm.)
Elias Crespin, L'Onde du Midi, 2020. Commission for the permanent collection of The Louvre Museum, Paris, France.
Elias Crespin, La Danza de las catenarias, 2019. Aluminum, wool, motors and electronic interface, 6 11/16 x 51 1/8 x 29 7/8 in. (17 x 130 x 76 cm.)
Elias Crespin, La Danza de las catenarias, 2019. Aluminum, wool, motors and electronic interface, 6 11/16 x 51 1/8 x 29 7/8 in. (17 x 130 x 76 cm.)
Elias Crespin, La Danza de las catenarias, 2019. Aluminum, wool, motors and electronic interface, 6 11/16 x 51 1/8 x 29 7/8 in. (17 x 130 x 76 cm.)
Elias Crespin, La Danza de las catenarias, 2019. Aluminum, wool, motors and electronic interface, 6 11/16 x 51 1/8 x 29 7/8 in. (17 x 130 x 76 cm.)
Elias Crespin, La Danza de las catenarias, 2019. Aluminum, wool, 6 11/16 x 51 1/8 x 29 7/8 in. (17 x 130 x 76 cm.)
Elias Crespin: And Yet It Moves! Installation view at Sicardi | Ayers | Bacino, 2021.
Elias Crespin, Tetralineados Transparente, 2010. Plexiglass, nylon, motors and electronic interface, 7 13/16 x 61 x 7 13/16 in. (20 x 155 x 20 cm.)
Elias Crespin, Tetralineados Transparente, 2010. Plexiglass, nylon, motors and electronic interface, 7 13/16 x 61 x 7 13/16 in. (20 x 155 x 20 cm.)
Elias Crespin, Tetralineados Transparente, 2010. Plexiglass, nylon, motors and electronic interface, 7 13/16 x 61 x 7 13/16 in. (20 x 155 x 20 cm.)
Elias Crespin, Tetralineados Transparente, 2010. Plexiglass, 7 13/16 x 61 x 7 13/16 in. (20 x 155 x 20 cm.)
Elias Crespin: And Yet It Moves! Installation view at Sicardi | Ayers | Bacino, 2021.
Elias Crespin, 12 cubos en línea bleu, 2020. Painted aluminum, nylon, motors and electronic interface, 90 1/2 x 3 15/16 in. (230 x 10 cm.)
Elias Crespin, 12 cubos en línea bleu, 2020. Painted aluminum, nylon, motors and electronic interface, 90 1/2 x 3 15/16 in. (230 x 10 cm.)
Elias Crespin, 12 cubos en línea bleu, 2020. Painted aluminum, nylon, motors and electronic interface, 90 1/2 x 3 15/16 in. (230 x 10 cm.)
Elias Crespin, 12 cubos en línea bleu, 2020. Painted aluminum, nylon, motors and electronic interface, 90 1/2 x 3 15/16 in. (230 x 10 cm.)
Elias Crespin, 12 cubos en línea bleu, 2020. Painted aluminum, nylon, motors and electronic interface, 90 1/2 x 3 15/16 in. (230 x 10 cm.)
Elias Crespin, Linea Copper, 2016. Copper, lead, nylon, motors and electronic interface, 32 5/8 in. (83 cm.)
Elias Crespin, Linea Copper, 2016. Copper, lead, nylon, motors and electronic interface, 32 5/8 in. (83 cm.)
Elias Crespin, Linea Copper, 2016. Copper, lead, nylon, motors and electronic interface, 32 5/8 in. (83 cm.)
Linea Copper, 2016 from Atelier Elias Crespin on Vimeo.
Elias Crespin, Linea Copper, 2016. Copper, lead, 32 5/8 in. (83 cm.)
Elias Crespin, Circuconcéntricos Aluminum-50 1/3 [Edition of 3], 2018. Aluminum, nylon, motors and electronic interface, Diameter = 19 11/16 in. (50 cm.)
Elias Crespin, Circuconcéntricos Aluminum-50 1/3 [Edition of 3], 2018. Aluminum, nylon, motors and electronic interface, Diameter = 19 11/16 in. (50 cm.)
Elias Crespin, Circuconcéntricos Aluminum-50 1/3 [Edition of 3], 2018. Aluminum, nylon, motors and electronic interface, Diameter = 19 11/16 in. (50 cm.)
Elias Crespin, Circuconcéntricos Aluminum-50, 2018. Aluminum, Diameter = 19 11/16 in. (50 cm.)
ELIAS CRESPIN
[1965, Venezuela]
Elias Crespin grew up in Caracas, where he was originally trained as a computer engineer. His parents are both mathematicians and his grandparents were artists; his work perfectly integrates these two personal universes of his: science and art. It was only later in his career, in 2002, after having worked for twenty years in software programming, that he started developing his first piece, finished after two years of research. He has lived and worked in Paris since 2008.
Crespin is interested in the movement of matter and the perception of movement. His installations consist of arrangements of metal or other elements formed into geometric shapes which are suspended in midair by nearly invisible nylon threads. He uses intuition to choose among different forms, materials, and textures. Then, through thoughtfully designed computer programming, Crespin adds a succession of gentle movements and morphs - his brushstrokes - making the elements continually shift and mutate in a cyclic geometric choreography, a dance that brings us to the contemplation of form in space and time.
His pieces have been exhibited in many international art institutions and venues such as the 2016 Bienal de Cuenca in Ecuador; the2014 Busan Biennale in South Korea; Centrum Rzeźby Polskiej in Oronsko, Poland; the Espace culturel Louis Vuitton in Paris, France; Expo 2017 Astana in Kazakhstan; the Fondation Boghossian in Brussels, Belgium; the Grand Palais in Paris, France; the Maison de l’Amérique Latine in Paris, France; and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) in Texas, USA.
Crespin's works are represented in several institutions and museums, the most recent, in 2020, being that of the collections of the Maison de l’Amérique Latine and the Musée du Louvre, both in Paris, France. His works are also in the collections of the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO), Miami, Florida, USA; Das kleine Museum – Kultur auf der Peunt, Weissenstadt, Germany; Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA), Argentina; El Museo del Barrio, New York City, New York, USA; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), Texas, USA.
2024
Elias Crespin: Chronomorphosis, Bildmuseet – Umeå University, Sweden
2023
Mouvement et Lumière, Fondation Villa Datris, L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France
Cosmologies, BARÓ Galería, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Elias Crespin: Tempomorphosis, Sicardi | Ayers | Bacino, Houston, TX, USA
Kinetic Art: Past And Present, Galeria Raquel Arnaud, São Paulo, Brazil
16 Artistes: Deux Médias, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France
2022
MOUVEMENT | Hommage à Denise René, Centre d’art contemporain Bonisson, Rognes, Aix-en-Provence, France
Convergences, Galería RGR+ART, Mexico City, Mexico
Cinétique !, Fondation Datris - Espace Monte-Cristo, Paris, France
Art et Programmation, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France
Échos - Révolution Xenakis, Musée de la Musique, Philharmonie de Paris, France
Lumière Espace Temps, La Grenier à Sel, Avignon, France
2021
Elias Crespin: And Yet It Moves!, Sicardi | Ayers | Bacino, Houston, TX, USA
Structure du silence, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France
Dynamique du Bleu, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France
Retour à la ligne, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France
Sculpture en Fête!, Fondation Villa Datris, L’isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France
2020
Elias Crespin, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France
Immaterial / Re-material: A brief history of computing art, UCCA, Beijing, China
Exploring, Wuling Art Space, Beijing, China
Hard Edge, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France
Espace et tension, une sélection d'artistes contemporains, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France
2019
Syn Kronos, Galería RGR+ART, Mexico City, Mexico
Shadows, Galerie Italienne, Paris, France
Negative Space, ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany
Post Shadows, Galerie Italienne, Paris, France
Immatérialité, Topographie de l’Art, Paris, France
Ondes, Galerie par Graf Notaires, Paris, France
Kinetic masters and their legacy, Cecilia de Torres Ltd., New York, NY, USA
2018
Carré Latin Festival 2018, Palais Royal, Paris, France
Formes, espace-temps, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France
Elias Crespin X Zhao Zhao, Hadrien de Montferrand Gallery (HdM), London, UK
Forces et mouvement, Galerie François Léage, Paris, France
Latinoamérica: volver al futuro, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Buenos Aires (MACBA), Argentina
Artists & Robots, Grand Palais, Paris, France
De Nature en Sculpture, Fondation Datris - Espace Monte-Cristo, Paris France
Les amis de Nicolas Schöffer, La Ville A des Arts, Paris, France
2017
Artists & Robots, Astana Contemporary Art Center, Astana, Kazakhstan
Slow Motion, Maison de l’Amérique Latine, Paris, France
The Urge to create Visions...1929-2017, Center of Polish Sculpture, Orońsko, Poland
De Nature en Sculpture, Fondation Villa Datris, L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France
Geometría en Movimiento, Galería RGR+ART, Mexico City, Mexico
Expanding the Line, Cecilia de Torres Ltd., New York, NY, USA
2016
Impermanencia, XIII Bienal de Cuenca, Ecuador
The global south: visions and revisions from the Brillembourg Capriles collection, Mana Wynwood, Miami, FL, USA
Affinités abstraites, Galerie Wagner, Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, France
Transparence, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France
Dialogue. Ding Yi - Elias Crespin, Hadrien de Montferrand Gallery (HdM), Beijing, China
Lumière et mouvement, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France
Hommage au carré, Galerie Wagner, Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, France
Visión constructiva, Espacio Monitor, Caracas, Venezuela
Everybody is crazy, but me, Maison particulière, Brussels, Belgium
Cercle et carré, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France
2015
Vers une architecture de lumière, Chartreuse de Villeneuve lès Avignon, France
Selección = Relación, Espacio Monitor, Caracas, Venezuela
Geometrische Choreographien, Das Kleine Museum, Weissenstadt, Germany
Cinétique numérique aujourd’hui, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France
Mapping Festival, Geneva, Suisse
L’art et le numérique en résonance 2/3: Ré-émergence, Maison populaire, Montreuil, France
Éditions et multiples, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France
Geometric choreographies, Das Kleine Museum, Weissenstadt, Germany
Noir et blanc, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France
2014
Inhabiting the world: Busan Biennale, Busan Museum of Art, South Korea
Elias Crespin, Mobiles, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France
From thread and air, Designer's’ Days 2014 in collaboration with Tai Ping, Hôtel de Livry, Paris, France
Temps suspendu, Galerie de la Marine, Nice, France
Homage to Denise René. Past, present and future of a vision, Espace-Expression, Miami, FL, USA
Drawing in Space, Galleria Monica De Cardenas, Zuoz, Switzerland
L’horizon nécessaire, Musée Passager, Île-de-France
Structures de l’invisible, Galerija Klovicevi dvori, Zagreb, Croatia / Fondation Vasarely, Aix-en-Provence, France
2013
Em movimento, Galeria Raquel Arnaud, São Paulo, Brazil
Cinetik!, Fondation Stämpfli, Sitges, Spain
Turbulences II, Villa Empain - Fondation Boghossian, Brussels, Belgium
Intersecting Modernities: Latin American Art from the Brillembourg Capriles Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), TX, USA
Mouvements et Lumières, Center for Contemporary art Frank Popper, Marcigny, France
Dynamo, A century of light and movement in art, 1913 - 2013, Grand Palais, Paris, France
Art cinétique, art numérique, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France
Inner Journeys, La Maison Particulière, Brussels, Belgium
Hommage à Denise René, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France
Des gestes de la pensée, La Verrière, Fondation Hermès, Brussels, Belgium
2012
Diálogos Contemporáneos desde la Colección, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Caracas, Venezuela
Hommage à Denise René, Galerie Denise René – Espace Marais, Paris, France
Et Op! Elias Crespin, Musée en Herbe, Paris, France
Elias Crespin. Parallels, Cecilia de Torres Ltd., New York, NY, USA
Constructed Dialogues: Concrete, Geometric, and Kinetic Art from the Latin American Art Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), TX, USA
Turbulences, Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton, Paris, France
2011
Visionary Collection Vol. 14. Elias Crespin Electrokinetics, Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland
Once Tipos del 11, Fundación Sala Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela
2010
Hiperficies, Ars Longa Gallery, Paris, France
Cosmopolitan Routes, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), TX, USA
2009
North Looks South, Building the Latin American Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), TX, USA
Writings, Cecilia de Torres Ltd., New York, NY, USA
2006
Life Forms, Kinetica Museum, London, UK
Electrocinéticas, Canal Centro de Producción Cultural, Caracas, Venezuela
2005
II Mega Exposición Homenaje à Jesús Soto, Galería de Arte Nacional, Caracas, Venezuela; Museo del Estado Miranda, Los Teques, Venezuela
Ingravidez, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela; Museo Jacobo Borges, Caracas, Venezuela
2004
Ingravidez, Ateneo de Cabudare, Venezuela
63 Salón Michelena, Ateneo de Valencia, Venezuela
Mutaciones en el espacio, Museo del Estado Miranda, Los Teques, Venezuela
Collection Ella Fontanals-Cisneros, Miami, FL, USA
Das Kleine Museum, Weissenstadt, Germany
El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY, USA
Fundación de Museos Nacionales, Ateneo de Valencia, Venezuela
Maison de l’Amérique Latine, Paris, France
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Museo de Arte Latinoamericano, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), TX, USA
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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