NES - Tableau sculpture murale n°3- Métal

Table No. 3
Wall sculpture
40x2.5x50 cm
2015

Unique work signed by NES, French female sculptor working in metal
Sculpture in steel/metal
Metal sculpture technique, welding
Varnished – steel color with slight gold tint in places.
Delivered with invoice and authenticity certificate
Excellent condition
Weight of the sculpture: 5.1 kg. The sculpture can be wall-mounted in 4 different positions.
Shipped via Colissimo with tracking and insurance

Biography

Nes is a sculptor from Bordeaux, based in the Médoc. Born in 1979. Metal designer, she creates sculptures and furniture from recycled metal pieces. Her work has a strong presence, a definite identity drawn from a baroque universe and heavily inspired by punk iconography.
From an early age, this young woman oriented herself toward artistic creation. It was in 2003, while finishing university with a degree in Applied Foreign Languages, that she discovered, on a trip to Cuba, the art of working metal. This discovery, which she experienced as a true revelation, led her to refocus her studies. She undertook a qualifying metallurgical training at IFIP in 2004, then a 2006 specialization 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 caught the art world’s attention, marked by a strong originality and earning her several press articles (see press dossier). In 2007, she won a Défi-Jeunes, a scheme set up by the Ministry of Youth. For her, it was a real catalyst launching her toward professionalism. Since then, she has been frequently solicited 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 in a solo exhibition. As 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 in Aquitaine and Charente, she received the 2nd prize for art design from Rotary District 1690.
Drouot valuation during the public auction “Young Contemporary Creation” (March 22, 2014, Hôtel Drouot, Paris).

Artistic approach

“When I was 5, I visited with my parents the torture museum of the Inquisition in Santillana del Mar. The capacity of human beings to cause suffering to others horrified and fascinated me at the same time. I was frightened by the ingenuity with which man has sought to develop so much monstrosity. My work transcends this monstrosity by an appearance of softness that hides what humanity can have of violence inside it. I want to show the dark side of humanity, the human experience of suffering, the ability of man to conceal the horror he buries deep within himself, 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 strength of metal to lead the viewer into her world of arabesques, curves, and chains. Power in the material, fragility in the airy forms emerging from a complex imagination. From darkness to light, from chain to steel lace…
A baroque universe, with another more playful one; both converge toward the same objective: give a soul back to forgotten industrial elements. Playing with appearances, shadows, light, and contrasts; treating hostile materials and guiding them artistically toward gentleness and lightness. Her artistic signature, expressed through the use of chains from a chainsaw, earned her the press nickname “the iron lacemaker.” Ambivalence between form and matter, subtlety of plastic language, subversion of materials.
“What questions motivate me: how to exercise discernment and live in a society while considering that each person may have a part of monstrosity within 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 challenge 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 “Metal Trail” (11/06/18–15/06/18, Mlada Boleslav, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic)
Exhibition during the SNBA 2018 Salon des Beaux Arts (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)
Capa Esculturas gallery exhibition (12/09–21/10/2014, Madrid, Spain)
Exhibition “Pas à pas” (09/05–09/06/14, Louwigné, 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 art symposium “Riviera Fusion” (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 Saida school. (27/09/09–06/10/09, UNESCO Palace Beirut, Lebanon)
Permanent sculpture exhibition “Pulsations et Convergences”: private collection of the Grand Lycée Franco-Libanese (from 06/10/09, Beirut, Lebanon)

Public commissions / Public collections

Public commission from the Lacanau town hall: 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 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 Lacanau Vic-le-Comte town hall 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 hall of Aiguillon (47) (12/10/16))
Acquisition of the sculpture “Les Trois Portes” by the Beychac et Cailleau media library/art museum (10/05/16))
Public commission: the Soulac-sur-Mer town hall – sculpture created during the urban residency and public performance “Urban Welding Art” (05/03–12/05/13, Place de la Basilique, Soulac-sur-Mer)
Public commission of UEAJ 33: practical workshop with youths from Judicial Protection of Youth, aimed at social and professional integration (2013, UEAJ 33, Bordeaux)
Public commission of the Gironde General Council. Trophies “Mission Agenda 21” (15/10/2012, Gironde General Council, Bordeaux)
Public commission of UEAJ 33: creation of paintings for the restaurant training rooms “Le P’tit Creux.” Practical workshop with youths from Judicial Protection of Youth, aimed at social and professional integration (various dates in 2012, Listrac-Médoc workshop)
Public commission of the Avensan town hall: anniversary of 20 years of twinning with Castrillo de Murcia (04/2012)
Creation of a monumental mission cross (02/2012, Cussac-Médoc town hall (33))
Public commission: creation of a monumental sculpture for the entrance of a multimedia library (Inauguration 10/09/11, Beychac et Cailleau)
Creation of trophies for the Michelet Challenge. Practical workshop with youths from Judicial Protection of Youth, aimed at social and professional integration. (2010/2011, UEAJ 33)
Creation of sculptures for school parking lots. Project carried out with the participation of children. (2009, Avensan town hall (33))