Jesús Crespo

Through his latest body of work produced in London last season, Madrid based artist Jesus Crespo examines the essence of what it is to be a living and breathing thing, both as art piece and individual, in an incredibly playful, energetic, multifaceted manner.

By combining the literal interpretation of ‘Lub’, in the form vinyl resin based primer with ‘dub’ the underlying tempo and beat of a living organism, he creates the physical environment for the gestation or birth of a painting, thought or idea. With this, his work takes on a sexual and visceral nature.

His new notable “Lub” and “Nacar Lub” series, explores ideas of metamorphosis as both concept and process, challenging the format of painting as ‘fixed image’ by offering something else: that a painting can instead also be in a living-state. By examining fluidity through the metalinguistic properties of paint, his work offers new possibilities for what the medium of painting can convey.
Crespo’s body of work uniquely challenges an inherent discomfort we as humans might have with the undefined, the unknown, the unrecognisable. The feeling of not quite understanding something - an unsettling feeling, and an exciting feeling.

What does it mean, to be living and breathing?