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Elias Crespin (b. 1965, Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan kinetic artist living and working in Paris. Crespin is known for his moving, motorized sculptures, made of series of suspended geometric elements that slowly evolve and unfold in the air.

In 2019 he was commissioned by Jean-Luc Martinez, director of the Louvre Museum, Paris, to create a sculpture for the museum's galleries, after the 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 ondulates from order to chaos following an algorithmic choreography.

His works feature in institution's permanent collections such as the Louvre, the Maison de l’Amérique Latine in Paris, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, El Museo del Barrio in New York, or the MALBA in Buenos Aires.

Biography
Born in Caracas, Crespin started his career as an engineer and informatician. Starting from 2000, he began experimenting with algorithms and motors to create his moving "electrokinetic" sculptures. These led to his first piece, Malla electrocinética, 2002.

In 2008, he moved to Paris, where he currently lives and works.

In 2020, he becomes one of the few living artists to enter the collections of the Louvre Museum with the commission of L'Onde du Midi.