Elias Crespin's mobile sculptures move slowly and gracefully in complex, precise formations, seemingly floating freely in the air. Circles, squares, lines, triangles in metal or acrylic plastic, suspended in barely noticeable nylon threads, form geometric choreographies based on mathematical algorithms. Through constant movement, seemingly endless variations arise. The forms expand and fragment and then slide together into coherent figures; chaos is replaced by order, complexity by simplicity. The low-key and hypnotically suggestive works invite reflections on form, space, movement and time.
© Elias Crespin. Foto: Pascal Maillard
Crespin received a lot of attention for his work Grand HexaNet which in 2018 was shown in the Artists & Robots exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris. This led to him being invited to create a permanent work for the Louvre in connection with the 30th anniversary of the museum’s pyramid-shaped main entrance. With the work L’Onde du Midi, he is today one of two living artists represented at the Louvre.
Elias Crespin (b. 1965, Venezuela) is a trained computer engineer and was active in Caracas until 2008. Today he lives and works in Paris. His work has been shown at biennales and art institutions in several countries, including the Biennale in Cuenca, Ecuador; Busan Biennale, South Korea; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA; Grand Palais and Musée de la Musique, Paris, France; Boghossian Foundation, Maison Particulière and Verrière Hermès, Brussels, Belgium; ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany; and the UCCA Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, China. He is represented in collections at, among others, the Louvre and the Maison de l’Amérique Latine, Paris, France; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and El Museo del Barrio, New York, USA; and MALBA, Buenos Aires Museum of Latin American Art, Argentina.
Galerii nimi: Bildmuseet
Address: Östra Strandgatan 30B, Umeå, Sweden
Opening hours: Wed-Fri 12:00 - 17:00 Sat 12:00 - 17:00 Sun 12:00 - 17:00
Open: 15.03.2024 — 12.01.2025
Types of art: Mixed media, Sculpture
Address: Östra Strandgatan 30B, Umeå, Sweden
Opening hours: Wed-Fri 12:00 - 17:00 Sat 12:00 - 17:00 Sun 12:00 - 17:00
Open: 15.03.2024 — 12.01.2025