Elias Crespin
b. 1965, Caracas, Venezuela – lives in Paris, France since 2008
The child of mathematicians, Elias Crespin frequently visited the studio of his grandmother, the artist Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt), and her partner, the artist and designer Gerd Leufert. During this time, the young Crespin was encouraged to experiment with different materials. His technical inclinations led him to study Computer Science at Venezuela's Universidad Central in Caracas, where he delved into the fields of mathematics and topographical formulas. After working for various software companies, he decided to dedicate his skills to art making.
Crespin constantly applies new technological methods towards his artistic production, bridging the gap between technology and art. His installations consist of arrangements of hand-made elements in various geometric forms, which are suspended in midair by nearly invisible nylon threads. Through computer programs of custom software-controlled motors designed by the artist himself, his pieces constantly shift and mutate, producing highly nuanced choreographic effects, which make them appear to dance in the air as they adopt and morph into new forms and patterns. Crespin’s work questions the concepts of form, space, movement, and time, and is often associated with the study of color, light, shadow, and the experimentation of different materials and textures.
Since 2004, the artist’s pieces have been exhibited in many international institutions and venues such as the Museum of Fine Arts Houston (MFAH); Maison de l’Amérique Latine, Paris; Grand Palais, Paris; Galerie Denise René, Paris; Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton, Paris; Boghossian Foundation, Brussels; Das Kleine Museum, Weissenstadt, Germany; Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich; Galería de Arte Nacional, Caracas; and Fundación Sala Mendoza, Caracas, amongst others.
Crespin's artworks are included in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH); Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection (CIFO), Miami; El Museo del Barrio, New York; Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA); Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires; Das Kleine Museum, Weissenstadt, Germany, as well as numerous other prestigious private collections.
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Parallels
Gallery exhibition catalogue with essay by Cecilia Fajardo-Hill; 65 pages fully illustrated.
$ 20.00 + postage
We are pleased to announce that Elias Crespin's new sculpture "L'Onde du Midi," commissioned for the permanent collection of the Louvre Museum, will be open to the public January 25, 2020.
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Elias Crespin's new sculpture "L'Onde du Midi" now in the permanent collection of the Louvre Museum (French version)Rhazes Pacheco Escalona, "Elias Crespin: Ballet Eléctrico," Luster Magazine, March 18, 2018
El sistema cosmico-magico de Elias Crespin, Artishock Revista, March 27, 2017
Maria G. Fernandez, La ingravidez de Elías Crespin, EL UNIVERSAL, April 9th, 2016.
John Batten Review -South China Morning Post, June 9, 2013
Joyce Beckenstein Review - Courtesy of Sculpture Magazine, April 2013
Harper Montgomery Review - Courtesy of Art Nexus Magazine, Number 86, Volume 11, 2012
Robert C. Morgan Review - Courtesy of World Sculpture News, Volume 18, Number 2, © 2012
Elias Crespin's Current and Upcoming Exhibitions
We are pleased to announce Elias Crespin's current and upcoming exhibitions:
ART ET PROGRAMMATION, (Group exhibition) Galerie Denise René, Paris
March 24 - May 12, 2022
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Art Paris 2022 Fair, Galerie Denise René, Booth F10
Presenting 'Trianguconcéntricos Cuivre 1/3', 2022, 'Trianguconcéntricos Laiton 1/3', 2022, 'Tetralineados Trois Bleus', 2022, and 'Cuadrado Flexionante Alu Bleu Noir', 2020 .
April 7-10, 2022
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Cinétique, La sculpture en mouvement, Fondation Villa Datris – Espace Monte-Cristo, Paris
April 9-December 11, 2022
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Elias Crespin at the Musée de la Musique, Philharmonie de Paris
We are pleased to announce Elias Crespin's upcoming group exhibition:
Echos - Revolution Xenakis at the Musée de la Musique, Philharmonie de Paris, with the display of Elias Crespin's sculpture 'Plano Mousikê,' specially conceived to dance above two 19th century pianos of the collection, arousing a visual echo in resonance with the materials that compose the antique instruments in the room: trumpets, flutes, cellos, violins, pianos...
Opening on February 10th 2022 from 12:00 to 6:00 pm in presence of the artist.
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Elias Crespin: Event at the Louvre
We are pleased to announce Elias Crespin's upcoming event:
Contemporary Art at the Louvre: A Conversation between artist Elias Crespin and Louvre exhibition manager Martin Kiefer, Louvre Museum, Paris
Event Date: April 14, 2021 at 12:00 PM
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Elias Crespin's upcoming exhibition at Sicardi | Ayers | Bacino Gallery
We are pleased to announce Elias Crespin's upcoming exhibition:
Elias Crespin: And Yet It Moves!, Sicardi | Ayers | Bacino, Houston, Texas.
On view: March 25 - May 15, 2021
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Elias Crespin in the permanent collection of the Louvre Museum
We are pleased to announce that Elias Crespin's new sculpture "L'Onde du Midi," commissioned for the permanent collection of the Louvre Museum, will be open to the public January 25, 2020.
For more information, please click here.
Elias Crespin Upcoming Exhibition
We are pleased to announce Elias Crespin's upcoming solo exhibition:
Elias Crespin, Galerie Denise René, Rive Gauche, Paris
On view January 25 to March 14, 2020
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Elias Crespin Upcoming Exhibition
We are pleased to announce Elias Crespin's upcoming group exhibition:
Waves, Nathalie Junod Ponsard & Elias Crespin, La Galerie par Graf Notaires, Paris, France
From September 25, 2019 to January 15, 2020
Opening reception: Dec. 12, 2019, 6 pm
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Elias Crespin's "Grand HexaNet" at the Grand Palais
We are pleased to announce Elias Crespin's upcoming group exhibition:
Artistes & Robots, Grand Palais, Paris, France
On view: April 5 - July 9, 2018
Work presented: Grand HexaNet (2018) Aluminium tubes, red anodized finish, nylon, motors, electronic interface, 4,39 x 5,02 meters, 10 meters hight
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Elias Crespin Solo Exhibiton at Maison de l'Amérique Latine in Paris
We are pleased to announce Elias Crespin's Solo Exhibition:
Slow Motion, Maison de l'Amérique Latine, Paris, France
February 21 - May 6, 2017
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Elias Crespin Current Exhibition
We are pleased to announce Elias Crespin's current exhibition:
Everybody is crazy but me, Maison Particulière Art Center, Brussels, Belgium
On view until July 3, 2016
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Elias Crespin's most recent exhibition at Denise Rene
We are pleased to announce Elias Crespin's Malla Rectangular 3 x 5 (2015) being exhibited at Galerie Denise Rene Espace Marais from February 11 through March 9, 2016.
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Elias Crespin's most recent exhibition
We are pleased to announce Elias Crespin's most recent exhibition:
Vers une architecture de lumière, Chartreuse de Villeneuve lez Avignon, France, September 15 through November 15, 2015
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Elias Crespin Upcoming Exhibition
We are pleased to announce Elias Crespin's upcoming exhibition:
Selección = Relación | Espacio Monitor, Centro de arte Los Galpones, Caracas, Venezuela
Opening Reception: Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 11 a.m.
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Elias Crespin's current exhibitions
We are pleased to announce Elias Crespin's current exhibitons:
Trianguconcéntricos rouge fluo on view at the Mapping Festival in Geneva, Switzwerland, May 7 to 17, 2015.
Elias Crespin, Chorégraphies Géométriques, at the Das Kleine Museum, Weissenstadt, Germany, March 29 though June 20, 2015.
Art and Digital resonates 2/3: Re-emergence, Maison Populaire de Montreuil, Paris, France, May 5 - July 4, 2015
Cinétique numérique aujourd'hui, Galerie Denise René, Paris, France
Opening reception: Thursday, May 28 at 7 p.m.
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Elias Crespin's new project at El Taller / Lo Otro, Madrid
We are pleased to announce Elias Crespin's latest project:
Gran 16 cubos (2014) + Cuban jazz avant-garde concert, El Taller / Lo Otro, Madrid, Spain, Friday, April 17th, at 8 p.m.
Cuban jazz avant-garde with Jorge Vistel (trumpet) and Iván Melón (piano).
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Elias Crespin Exhibition at Galerie Denise Rene
We are pleased to announce Elias Crespin's upcoming exhibition:
Elias Crespin, Galerie Denise René, October 17, 2014-January 3, 2015
Opening Reception: October 16, 7-9 PM
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Elias Crespin Upcoming Exhibitions
We are pleased to announce Elias Crespin upcoming exhibitions:
Necessary horizon, Le Musée passager, Saint-Denis - Paris, France, April 5-June 22, 2014
Opening Reception on April 8, 6:30 - 9 P.M.
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Structures de l'invisible, Galerija Klovićevi dvori, Zagreb, Croatia from April 16 - June 15, 2014
Opening reception: April 16, 7 P.M.
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D'Days 2014, Showroom Tai Ping, Hôtel de Livry, Paris, France, May 19-25, 2014
Opening reception: May 20, 6 P.M.
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Elias Crespin Upcoming Exhibition
We are pleased to announce Elias Crespin's upcoming exhibition:
Suspended Time, Galeria de la Marine, Nice, France, from February 22 to June 1, 2014.
Opening reception on February 21 at 7pm.
For more information, please contact the Atalier Crespin via email at contact@ateliercrespin.com
Elias Crespin Upcoming Exhibition
We are pleased to announce Elias Crespin's upcoming exhibition:
Drawing in Space, Galleria Monica de Cardenas, Zouz, Switzerland, from February 15 to April 19, 2014.
Opening reception on February 15 at 6pm.
For more information, please contact Monica de Cardenas via email at info@monicadecardenas.com
Elias Crespin Upcoming Exhibition
We are pleased to announce Elias Crespin upcoming exhibition:
FIAC, Grand Palais, Paris, France October 24 - 27, 2013
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Elias Crespin Exhibition at Raquel Arnaud Gallery
We are pleased to announce Elias Crespin's upcoming exhibition:
Em movimento, Galeria Raquel Arnaud, São Paulo, Brazil / group exhibition
August 16 - October 26, 2013
For more information, please visit http://raquelarnaud.com/en/exposicoes/em-movimento/
Elias Crespin Current and Upcoming Exhibitions
Turbulences II, Villa Empain - Fondation Boghossian, Brussels | February 28 - September 1
Dynamo, Grand Palais, Paris | April 10 - July 22
Inner Journeys, La Maison Particulière, Brussels, Belgium | April 18 – June 30
Des gestes de la pensée, La Verrière - Fondation Hermès, Brussels, Belgium | April 19 – July 15
Art cinétique-numérique, Galerie Denise René Espace Marais, Paris | April 25 - May
Cinetik!, Fondation Stämpfli, Sitges, Spain (April 27 – October)
Elias Crespin Exhibition Reviews
We are pleased to share four reviews that Elias Crespin's exhibition - Parallels has recieved:
Joyce Beckenstein in Sculpture Magazine (April, 2013)
Robert C. Morgan in World Sculpture News (Volume 18, Number 2, Spring 2012)
Claire Breukel in Arte al Dia / International (Number 140, 2012)
Harper Montgomery in Art Nexus (Number 86, Volume 11, 2012)
Elias Crespin sculpture at Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton
We are pleased to announce that a new sculpture by Elias Crespin, Plano Flexionante Circular, is currently being exhibited at Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton, Paris. The exhibition Turbulences will continue through September 16th, 2012.
For more information and images visit http://www.louisvuitton-espaceculturel.com/index_GB.html
Elias Crespin's Tri-Net sculpture at La Sala Mendoza, Caracas
We are pleased to announce that Elias Crespin's kinetic sculpture Tri-Net is currently being exhibited at La Sala Mendoza, Caracas. The exhibition: Once tipos del 11 will continue through January 2012.