NES - Le caprice des temps - XL

The Caprice of Time

12x12x105 cm
2021

Varnished

Unique work signed on the base by NES, French artist sculptor in metal
Sculpture in steel and aluminum for the rivets
Metal sculpture technique, welding and riveting
Varnished
Delivered with invoice and certificate of authenticity
Excellent condition
Weight of the sculpture: 4700 grams
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Biography

Nes is a Bordeaux-born artist based in the Médoc. She was born in 1979. A metal designer, she creates sculptures and furniture from recovered metal parts. Her work has a strong presence, a definite identity drawn from a baroque universe and strongly inspired by punk iconography.
Very early, this young woman turned to artistic creation. It was in 2003, as she completed her university studies with a BA in Foreign Languages Applied, that she discovered metalworking during a trip to Cuba. This discovery, which she perceived as a true revelation, led her to redirect her studies. She followed 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 as a self-taught artist, she completed her training by becoming a qualified pyrotechnician in 2008.
Her works quickly attracted the art world’s attention due to their strong singularity and earned her several press articles (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 to professional status. From then on, she was frequently solicited at regional, national, and international levels. In 2009 she represented France at the International competition of the Jeux de la Francophonie and exhibited at the UNESCO Palace in Beirut. In 2010, she was invited to UNESCO in Paris where she presented her work in 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. Regionally, in Aquitaine and Charente, she received the 2nd prize for art design from Rotary District 1690.
Drouot appraisal during the public auction “Young Contemporary Creation” (March 22, 2014, Hôtel Drouot, Paris).

Artistic approach

“At 5 years old, I visited with my parents the torture museum under the Inquisition in Santillana del Mar. The capacity of humans to make others suffer horrified and fascinated me at the same time. I was alarmed by the ingenuity with which man has demonstrated to develop so much monstrosity. My work transcends this monstrosity by a softness that hides what humanity can hold in violence. I want to show the dark side of humanity, the human experience of suffering, the ability of man to hide the horror he buries deep inside himself, in order to highlight the transition from shadow to light.”
By releasing her gesture, Nes reveals through her sculptures a baroque and poetic universe. She draws strength from metal to bring the viewer into her world of arabesques, curves, and chains. Power in the material, fragility in the airy forms born from a complex imagination. From darkness to light, from chain to steel lace…
A baroque universe, another more playful one, both converge toward the same goal: to give a soul back to forgotten industrial elements. Playing with appearances, shadows, light, and contrasts, treating hostile materials until artistically guiding them toward gentleness and lightness. Her artistic signature, expressed through the use of chainsaw chains, earned her the press nickname “the iron lace maker.” Ambivalence between form and matter, subtlety of plastic language, repurposing of materials.
“The questions that drive me: how to show discernment and live in society while considering that everyone may have a part of monstrosity in them? What are the limits of extreme human behaviors? How to detach from daily reality, from the illusions of our perception to ease this suffering, to stop concealing this dark part of ourselves? How to free oneself from prejudices and resist appearances? How to live with this dark side of the soul? Meditate, accept, deny, rebel, give up?”

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 di 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 Beaux Arts Fair (13/12–16/12/18, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris)
Exhibition “Arts du feu” at the H.R GIGER Museum (17/10–23/10/15, Gruyères, Switzerland)
Exhibition Capa Esculturas gallery (12/09–21/10/2014, Madrid, Spain)
Exhibition “Pas à pas” (09/05–09/06/14, Louveigné, 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 at 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 art symposium “Riviera Fusion” (12/05–30/06/11, Riviera Hotel & Beach Lounge, Corniche El Manara, Beirut, Lebanon)
Exhibition and selection for the international Jeux de la Francophonie competition. Residency. Intervention in a school in Saïda. (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 city of Lacanau: monumental sculpture “Fòrga” created in homage to the heritage site “La Forge” - Permanent display in front of the town hall (07/24, Lacanau (33))
Commission from the Interregional Directorate for the Judicial Youth Protection (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 Departmental Council of Charente-Maritime (Atrium of the Maison de la Charente, La Rochelle (17) (08/20/18))
Acquisition of the sculpture “The Dark Tower” by the city of Aiguillon (47) (12/10/16))
Acquisition of the sculpture “Les Trois Portes” by the Beychac et Cailleau media library/art library (10/05/16))
Public commission: city 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 of UEAJ 33. Practical training with youths from the Judicial Youth Protection, aiming at social and professional integration (2013, UEAJ 33, Bordeaux)
Public commission of the Gironde General Council. Trophies “Agenda 21 Mission” (10/15/2012, Gironde General Council, Bordeaux)
Public commission of UEAJ 33: creation of tableaux for the restaurant training “Le P’tit Creux.” Practical training with youths from the Judicial Youth Protection, aiming at social and professional integration (05/09–05/16/12; 05/14–06/19/12; 06/11–06/15/12, workshop at Listrac-Médoc)
Public commission of the city 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 Cailleau)
Creation of trophies for the Michelet Challenge. Practical training with youths from the Judicial Youth Protection, aiming at social and professional integration. (2010/2011, UEAJ 33)
Creation of sculptures for the school parking lot. Project with the participation of children. (2009, Avensan town hall (33))