A living tribute to two great artists

Elias Crespin is an amazing artist. This Venezuelan kinetic sculptor knows how to transcend movement with incredible lightness. “Kinetik” at Foundation Peter Stämpfli in Sitges and the amazing work at Denise Rene Paris left bank gallery are signs of these.

He shares his Atelier in the suburb of Paris with Miguel Chevalier, a pioneer in video and electronic art. I met Miguel in Mexico where he is working on a huge project for the Opera of Mexico City. He is a nice guy aswell.

My question is why Miguel Chevalier was not shown in “Dynamo” at the Grand Palais in Paris and Sitges. Dynamo was a big group exhibition from the origin of Kitetism and movement to now.  I learned from the nice and tiny Parisian Art World that Serge Lemoine, a great curator, chose Crespin on Chevalier. Their works together would have brought a lot to these shows . The viewers  have clearly missed something.

I didn’t express myself with Elias or Miguel about it. They are of course not part of the political plot. Being an artist is already too “challenging”.

Even Serge Lemoine who curated a lot of great exhibitions is not the only one responsible. Too much pressure in this system!

 But, at least, Mister Lemoine is not in this rat race for being a curator under 40’s as we see this need for young blood to feed the system.