Grand HexaNet

Artist Elías Crespin (Venezuelan, born 1965)

Date2018

MediumAnodized aluminum, dyneema, motors, computer, and electronic interface

DimensionsOverall: 197 5/8 × 172 13/16 inches (502 × 439 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the generosity of the William T. Kemper Foundation and the William Rockhill Nelson Trust through the George H. and Elizabeth O. Davis Fund

Object number2023.32

On View

On view

Gallery Location

Bloch Lobby

Collections

Contemporary Art

Terms

DescriptionThis kinetic sculpture that hangs from the ceiling is composed of a hexagonal net of red anodized aluminum tubes connected and suspended by nylon thread and controlled by a system of motors.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Artistes & Robots, April 5–July 9, 2018, Grand Palais, Paris.

Negative Space, April 6–August 11, 2019, ZKM Center for Arts and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany.

Gallery Label

"…Grand HexaNet materializes complex mathematical figures, exploring the interactions between flatness and volume, order and chaos, continuity and rupture." -Elías Crespin

Suspended by almost imperceptible nylon threads, Venezuelan artist Elías Crespin's Grand HexaNet dances above our heads. Trained in computer science, Crespin designed the software that controls the red aluminum tubes and their hypnotic choreography. How we perceive this piece depends on where we stand and at what point in the cycle we encounter it-making us active participants in its mesmerizing ballet. It may also inspire us to think about Bloch Lobby in a new way.

Provenance

The artist, Paris, France;

Purchased by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2023.

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