Tableau n°3

Wall sculpture
Tableau No. 3
(26.5x26x3.5 cm) - 2025
Unique piece signed on the back by the sculptor artist NES
Steel - Electrode welding technique - Anti-rust treatment
Delivered with invoice and certificate of authenticity

Tableau sculpture to hang on the wall, with the possibility to install it in two different positions thanks to two long gaps at the back of the panel
Pristine condition

Artwork delivered via Colissimo with tracking and insured

Artist background
Nes is a Bordeaux-based artist who now lives in the Médoc. She was born in 1979. A metal designer, she creates sculptures and furniture from reclaimed metal components. Her work has a strong presence, a definite identity drawn from a baroque universe and strongly inspired by punk iconography.
Very early on, this young woman oriented herself toward artistic creation. It was in 2003, as she completed her university studies with a degree in Applied Foreign Languages, that she discovered metalworking during a trip to Cuba. This discovery, which she experienced as a true revelation, led her to redirect her studies. She completed a qualifying training in metallurgy at IFIP in 2004, then a specialization in 2006 as an industrial and space-oriented welding technician. While continuing to explore contemporary artistic creation autodidactically, she furthered her training by becoming a qualified pyrotechnician in 2008.
Her works, quickly noticed by the art world, stand out for their strong singularity and have earned her several articles in the press (see press dossier). In 2007, she won a Défi-Jeunes, a program set up by the Ministry of Youth. For her, it was a true catalyst that propelled her toward professionalism. From then on, she is frequently commissioned at regional, national, and international levels. In 2009 she represented France at the International Francophonie Games competition and exhibited at the UNESCO Palace in Beirut. In 2010, she was invited to UNESCO in Paris where she presented her work during a solo exhibition. As a national laureate of the Envie d’Agir program, she received the 2nd prize in cultural creation awarded by the High Commissioner for Youth. At the regional level of Aquitaine and Charente, she received the 2nd prize for art design from Rotary District 1690.
Drouot rating during the public auction “Young Contemporary Creation” (March 22, 2014, Hôtel Drouot, Paris).

Artistic approach
"At age 5, I visited with my parents the torture museum under the Inquisition in Santillana del Mar. The capacity of a human being to cause suffering to others horrified and fascinated me at the same time. I was scared by the ingenuity with which man has demonstrated his ability to develop so much monstrosity. My work transcends this monstrosity with an appearance of gentleness that hides what humanity can carry in terms of violence. I want to show the dark side of humanity, the human experience of suffering, the capacity of man to conceal the horror he buries deep inside himself, in order to highlight the passage from shadow to light."
By liberating her gesture, Nes reveals through her sculptures a baroque and poetic universe. She draws on the power of metal to draw the spectator into her world of arabesques, curves, and chains. Power in the material, fragility in the airy forms that emerge from a complex imagination. From darkness to light, from chain to lace of steel…
A baroque universe, another more playful one, both converge toward the same objective: to give back a soul to forgotten industrial elements. Playing with appearances, shadows, light, and contrasts, treating hostile materials until they are artistically guided toward softness and lightness. Her artistic signature, expressed through the use of chainsaw chains, led the press to nickname her the “iron lacemaker.” Ambivalence between form and matter, subtlety of plastic language, misappropriation of materials.
"The questions that drive me: how to show discernment and live in society while considering that everyone can have a part of monstrosity in themselves? What are the limits of humanity’s extreme behaviors? How to detach from daily reality, from the illusions of our perception to ease this suffering, to stop hiding this dark part of ourselves? How to free oneself from prejudices and challenge appearances? How to live with this dark side of the soul? Meditate, accept, deny, rebel, renounce?"

Selected exhibitions
Exhibition “Resonances” for the 500th anniversary of Sainte-Chapelle and artist residency (09/09–06/11/21; residency: 21–25/09/21, Le Trampoline, Vic-le-Comte (63))
Exhibition and selection at the “3rd International Sculpture Competition” of the Biennale Europea d’Arte Fabbrile de Stia (02/09–05/09/21, Stia, Italy)
International symposium “Metal sympozium” and exhibition on the “Metal Trail” (11/06/18–15/06/18, Mlada Boleslav, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic)
Exhibition during the SNBA 2018 Fine Arts Fair (13/12–16/12/18, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris)
Exhibition “Arts of Fire” at the H.R GIGER Museum (17/10–23/10/15, Gruyères, Switzerland)
Capa Esculturas gallery exhibition (12/09–21/10/2014, Madrid, Spain)
Exhibition “Pas à pas” (09/05–09/06/14, Louver, Belgium)
Exhibition at the “Feria Internacional del Arte de Granada” (07/05–12/05/12, Churriana de la Vega, Granada, Spain)
Exhibition at “FIARTE 2012” (08/04–20/04/12, Churriana de la Vega, Granada, Spain)
Exhibition at the “Salón internacional de Mujeres Artistas” (06/03–22/03/12, Maracena, Granada, Spain)
Permanent sculpture exhibition “Carpe Diem”: private collection of the Riviera Hotel & Beach Lounge (from 14/05/11, Corniche El Manara, P.O.Box: 11-4021 Riad El Solh 1107 2150, Beirut, Lebanon)
Exhibition of fresh works created during the “Riviera Fusion” art symposium (12/05–30/06/11, Riviera Hotel & Beach Lounge, Corniche El Manara, Beirut, Lebanon)
Exhibition and selection for the international Francophonie Games competition. Residency. Intervention at a school in Saida. (27/09/09–06/10/09, UNESCO Palace Beirut, Lebanon)
Permanent exhibition of the sculpture “Pulsations and Convergences”: private collection of the Grand Lycée Franco-Libanese (from 06/10/09, Beirut, Lebanon)
Public commissions / Public collections
Public commission from the town of Lacanau: monumental sculpture “Fòrga” created in homage to the heritage site “La Forge” - Permanent exhibition in front of the town hall (07/24, Lacanau (33))
Commission from the Interregional Directorate for Judicial Protection of Youth (DIRPJJ) – South-West - (Trophies for the “Parcours du goût” - (13.5x17x35 cm-11.5x16x29.5 cm-11.5x14.5x26.5 cm) - (07/23))
Acquisition of the sculpture “La Force d'âme” by the town of Vic-le-Comte and the Departmental Council of Puy-de-Dôme (Le Trampoline, place de l’Olme, Vic-le-Comte (63) (11/13/21))
Acquisition of the sculpture “Thétis” by the Charente-Maritime Departmental Council (Atrium of the Maison de la Charente, La Rochelle (17) (08/20/18))
Acquisition of the sculpture “The Dark Tower” by the town of Aiguillon (47) (12/10/16))
Acquisition of the sculpture “Les Trois Portes” by the Beychac et Caillau media library/art library (10/05/16))
Public commission: the town of Soulac-sur-Mer — sculpture created during the urban residence and public performance “Urban Welding Art.” (05/03–12/05/13, Place de la Basilique, Soulac-sur-Mer)
Public commission: UEAJ 33. Practical training with youths from the Judicial Protection of Youth, aimed at social and professional integration (2013, UEAJ 33, Bordeaux)
Public commission from the Gironde General Council. Trophies “Mission Agenda 21” (10/15/2012, Gironde General Council, Bordeaux)
Public commission: UEAJ 33 — creation of paintings for the restaurant training “Le P’tit Creux.” Practical training with youths from the Judicial Protection of Youth, aimed at social and professional integration (05/09–12/05/12; 14–15/16/05/12; 05–06/07–08/06/12; 11–12/13–14–15–18–19/06/12, Listrac-Médoc workshop)
Public commission: town hall of Avensan — 20th anniversary of twinning with Castrillo de Murcia (04/2012)
Creation of a monumental mission cross (02/2012, Avensan town hall (33))
Public commission: creation of a monumental sculpture for the entrance of a media library (Inauguration on 10/09/11, Beychac et Caillau)
Creation of trophies for the Michelet Challenge. Practical training with youths from the Judicial Protection of Youth, aimed at social and professional integration. (2010/2011, UEAJ 33)
Creation of sculptures for the school parking lot. Project involving children. (2009, Avensan town hall (33))