Cecilia de Torres, Ltd.
Elias Crespin - Parallels 2012 Spring
The Artist Elias Crespin, April 2012
Installation at Cecilia de Torres, New York, 2012
Circuconcéntricos Latón, 2012, Brass, nylon, motors, 39⅜ x 39⅜ in. 100 x 100 cm.
Circuconcéntricos Latón
Circuconcéntricos Latón
Plano Flexionante 2, 2012, Stainless steel, nylon, motors, 19 ft. 5 in. x 9½ in. 592 x 25 cm.
Installation view of Tapiz 7, Pentaconcéntricos Latón, and Plano Flexionante 3
Installation view of Plano Flexionante 3
Malla 8 Paralelas, 2012, Stainless steel, lead, nylon, motors, 19¼ x 19¼ in. 49 x 49 cm.
Malla 8 Paralelas
Malla 8 Paralelas
Plano Flexionante 3, 2012, Stainless steel, aluminium, nickel silver, nylon, motors, 19 ft. 2 in. x 31⅞ in. 584 x 81 cm.
Pentaconcéntricos Latón, 2012, Stainless steel, nylon, motors, 39⅜ x 37⅜ in. 100 x 95 cm.
Pentaconcéntricos Latón
Pentaconcéntricos Latón
Installation view of Tapiz 5, Malla 8 Paralelas, and Tapiz 7
Tapiz 5, 2012, 70¾ x 55 in. 180 x 140 cm., Stainless steel, nylon, motors
Tapiz 6, 2012, Stainless steel, nylon, motors, 23⅝ x 55 in. 60 x 140 cm.
Tapiz 6
Installation view of Malla 8 Paralelas and Tapiz 7
Installation view of Circuconcéntricos Latón and Plano Flexionante 2
Installation at Cecilia de Torres, New York, 2012
Installation at Cecilia de Torres, New York, 2012
VIDEO: Circuconcéntricos Latón
VIDEO: Malla 8 Paralelas
VIDEO: Pentaconcéntricos Latón
VIDEO: Plano Flexionante 2
VIDEO: Plano Flexionante 3
VIDEO: Tapiz 6
Elias Crespin - Parallels
This is the first gallery solo exhibition of kinetic sculpture by Elias Crespin, with seven new suspended sculptures moving in space that create ethereal shadows.
Crespin's work consists of articulated and interconnected elements of metal or acrylic in geometric forms: circles, squares, and lines suspended from near invisible nylon threads.
These suspended elements move through the air, powered by the unseen rotations of hundreds of tiny motors in a choreography controlled by software of Crespin's creation, started with the click of an iphone or ipad.
We invite you to view Crespin's sculpture first hand.
An exhibition catalogue with essay by Cecilia Fajardo-Hill is available.
Robert C. Morgan Review - Courtesy of World Sculpture News, Volume 18, Number 2, © 2012
Claire Breukel Review - Courtesy of Arte al Dia International Magazine. Issue 140 September-November 2012
Harper Montgomery Review - Courtesy of Art Nexus Magazine, Number 86, Volume 11, 2012
b. 1965, Caracas, Venezuela – lives in Paris, France since 2008
The child of mathematicians, Elias Crespin grew up in Caracas, Venezuela. From an early age, he frequently visited the studio of his grandmother, the artist Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt), and her partner, the artist and designer Gerd Leufert, where the young Crespin was encouraged to experiment with different materials.
At the same time, the artist's technical inclinations led him to study Computer Science at Venezuela's Universidad Central in Caracas, where he delved into the fields of mathematics, graphics, and topographical formulas. After working for various software companies and then for his own consulting firm, he decided to dedicate his skills to art making.
Crespin currently lives and works in Paris, where he continues to develop and apply new technological methods towards his artistic production. Bridging the gap between technology and art, Crespin creates wire grid structures that are controlled by moving threads triggered by a computer program designed by the artist himself. In this way, his pieces appear to dance in the air as they adopt and morph into new forms and patterns.
Crespin's artworks are included in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), TX; the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA), Argentina; and El Museo del Barrio, NYC; as well as numerous other prestigious private collections.
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