NES - Darklight 27-Sculpture Lumineuse

Darklight 27

(Diam.20x44,5 cm)

Luminous sculpture

2025
Unique signed piece
Steel
Varnished sculpture

Delivered without bulb (E14)

Weight of the sculpture: 6.6 kg

Contemporary design. Luminous sculpture. A unique work signed by the artist NES, a French metal sculptor.
Delivered with invoice and certificate of authenticity.
Emits a warm, ambient light.
Brand new
Equipped with a black E14 socket, standard socket
Cord 1.5 m black with on/off switch on the cord. Delivered without bulb

Good functioning and safety checked

The item will be carefully packed and shipped via Colissimo with insurance and tracking.

Biography

Nes is a Bordeaux-born artist based in Médoc. She was born in 1979. A metal designer, she creates sculptures and furniture from recycled metal parts. Her work has a strong presence and a definite identity drawn from a baroque universe, heavily inspired by punk iconography.
From an early age this young woman oriented herself toward artistic creation. It was in 2003, while finishing her university studies with a degree in Applied Foreign Languages, that she discovered the art of working metal during a trip to Cuba. This discovery, which she experienced as a true revelation, led her to redirect her studies. She pursued a qualifying training in metallurgy at IFIP in 2004, then a 2006 specialization as a welding technician with industrial and space-oriented aims. While continuing to explore contemporary art creation autodidactically, she completed her training by becoming a qualified pyrotechnician in 2008.
Her works quickly caught the art world’s attention, standing out for their strong singularity and earning several articles in the press (see press dossier). In 2007, she won a Youth Challenge, a program implemented by the Ministry of Youth. For her, it was a real catalyst that propelled her toward professionalism. From then on, she was frequently sought after at regional, national, and international levels. In 2009 she represented France at the International Francophonie Games, exhibiting at the UNESCO Palace in Beirut. In 2010, she was invited to UNESCO in Paris where she presented her work in a solo show. 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 Rotary District 1690 art design.
Drouot appraisal 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 of Santillana del Mar. The capacity of human beings to make others suffer horrified and fascinated me at the same time. I was frightened by the ingenuity with which man has demonstrated to develop so much monstrosity. My work transcends this monstrosity with an appearance of gentleness that masks the violence that humanity can harbor within. I want to show the dark side of humanity, the human experience of suffering, the ability of man to conceal the horror he hides deep inside himself, in order to highlight the passage from shadow to light.”
By freeing her gesture, Nes reveals through her sculptures a baroque and poetic universe. She draws on the power of metal to lead the viewer into her world of arabesques, curves, and chains. Strength 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 objective: to give a soul back to forgotten industrial elements. Playing with appearances, shadows, light and contrasts, handling hostile materials until guiding them artistically 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 materials.
“The questions that drive me: how to exercise discernment and live in society while considering that each person may have a part of monstrosity within them? What are the limits of humanity’s extreme behaviors? How to detach from daily reality, from the illusions of our perception, to ease that 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?”

Some exhibitions

Exhibition “Resonances” for the 500th anniversary of Notre-Dame de Sainte-Chapelle and artist-in-residence (09/09-06/11/21; residence: 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 Fine 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, L’Beynes, 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” (8/04-20/04/12, Churriana de la Vega, Granada, Spain)
Exhibition at the “Salon Internacional de Mujeres Artistas” (6/03-22/03/12, Maracena, Granada, Spain)
Permanent installation of the sculpture “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 new works produced 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 competition of the Jeux de la Francophonie. Residency. Intervention in a Saïda school. (27/09/09-06/10/09, UNESCO Palace, Beirut, Lebanon)
Permanent installation of the sculpture “Pulsations and Convergences”: private collection at the Grand Lycée Franco-Libanese (from 06/10/09, Beirut, Lebanon)

Public and public collections

Public commission from 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 Youth Protection (DIRPJJ) – Southwest (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 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 Charente House, 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 Caillau media library/art library (10/05/16))
Public commission: Soulac-sur-Mer town hall: sculpture created during the urban residence and live 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 Youth Protection, aimed at social and professional integration (2013, UEAJ 33, Bordeaux)
Public commission: Gironde Departmental Council. Trophies “Mission Agenda 21” (10/15/2012, Gironde Departmental Council, Bordeaux)
Public commission: UEAJ 33: creation of paintings for the dining rooms of the practice restaurant “Le P’tit Creux.” Practical training with youths from Judicial Youth Protection, aimed at social and professional integration (09-10-11/05/12; 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: Avensan town hall: 20th anniversary of twinning with Castrillo de Murcia (04/2012)
Creation of a monumental mission cross (02/2012, Avensan, 33)
Public commission: creation of a monumental sculpture for the entrance of a media library (Inauguration 10/09/11, Beychac et Caillau)
Creation of trophies for the Michelet Challenge. Practical training with youths from Judicial Youth Protection, aimed at social and professional integration. (2010/2011, UEAJ 33)
Creation of sculptures for school parking lots. Project with the participation of children. (2009, Avensan town hall (33))