After being on view at the Grand Palais in Paris in 2018, Elias Crespin's kinetic work Grand HexaNet is now part of the collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
“My largest sculpture so far, Grand HexaNet materializes complex mathematical figures, exploring the interaction between flatness and volume, order and chaos, continuity and rupture. The frail, bright red elements of the moving sculpture then draw a delicate ballet in the air and invite the viewer to stop and contemplate its dance, reconfiguring its perception of the exhibition space.”
–Elias Crespin
“This highly nuanced choreographic sculpture constantly shifts and changes, bringing into question the concepts of space, time, movement, and form. Crespin’s work is both mezmerising and complex, inviting us to see and appreciate the architecture of the Bloch building in new ways.”
–Julián Zugazagoitia, Director & CEO of the Nelson-Atkins.
