NES - Tableau sculpture murale n°3- Métal

Tableau n°3

Wall sculpture

40x2.5x50 cm
2015

Unique work signed by NES, French female sculptor of metal
Sculpture in steel/metal
Metal sculpture technique, welding
Varnished - steel color slightly gold-toned in places.
Delivered with invoice and certificate of authenticity
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 insured

Background

Nes is a Bordeaux-based artist living in the Médoc. She was born in 1979. A metal designer, she creates sculptures and furniture from reclaimed metal pieces. Her work has a strong presence, a definite identity drawn from a baroque universe and heavily inspired by punk iconography.
Early on this young woman turned to artistic creation. It was in 2003, as she completed her university studies with a degree in Applied Foreign Languages, that during a trip to Cuba she discovered metalworking. This discovery, which she experienced as a true revelation, led her to reorient her studies. She pursued a qualification in metallurgy at IFIP in 2004, then in 2006 specialized as an industrial and space-oriented welding technician. While continuing to explore contemporary artistic creation autodidactically, she completed her training by becoming a qualified pyrotechnician in 2008.
Her works quickly caught the art world’s attention due to their strong originality and earned her several articles in the press (see press kit). In 2007, she won a Défi-Jeunes, a program implemented by the Ministry of Youth. For her it was a true catalyst propelling her toward professionalism. From then on, she is frequently commissioned at regional, national, and international levels. In 2009 she represented France at the International Competition of the Jeux de la Francophonie, and she 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 2nd prize in cultural creation awarded by the High Commissioner for Youth. At the regional level Aquitaine and Charente, she received the 2nd prize in art design from Rotary District 1690.
Drouot appraisal during the public auction “Young Contemporary Creation” (March 22, 2014, Hôtel Drouot, Paris).

Artistic approach

“Around five years old, I visited with my parents the torture museum under the Inquisition in Santillana del Mar. The capacity of humans to cause suffering in others horrified and fascinated me at the same time. I was frightened by the ingenuity with which man has devised to develop such monstrosity. My work transcends this monstrosity by a softness that masks the violence that humanity can carry within. I want to show the dark side of humanity, the human experience of suffering, the capacity of man to conceal the horror he hides deep inside, 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 strength from 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 lace of steel…
A baroque universe, another more playful one, both converge toward the same objective: to restore a soul to forgotten industrial elements. Playing with appearances, shadows, light and contrasts, treating hostile materials until guiding them artistically toward softness and lightness. Her artistic signature, expressed through the use of chains from a chainsaw, earned her the press nickname the “iron lace-maker.” Ambiguity between form and matter, subtlety of plastic language, appropriation of materials.
“The questions that guide me: how to exercise discernment and live in society while considering that each person may have a part of monstrosity within him? What are the limits of extreme human behaviors? How to detach from daily reality, the illusions of perception to ease this suffering, to stop hiding this dark part of ourselves? How to free oneself from prejudices and defy appearances? How to live with this dark side of the soul? Meditate, accept, deny, revolt, give up?”

Some 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 2018 Fine Arts Fair of SNBA (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, 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 exhibition 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 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 et Convergences”: private collection of the Grand Lycée Franco-Libanais (from 06/10/09, Beirut, Lebanon)

Public commissions / Public collections

Public commission by the Lacanau town hall: monumental sculpture “Fòrga” created in tribute to the patrimonial 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 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 La 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 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 training with young people from the Judicial Protection Service for youth, with a goal of social and professional integration (2013, UEAJ 33, Bordeaux)
Public commission of the Gironde General Council. Trophies “Mission Agenda 21” (10/15/2012, Gironde General Council, Bordeaux)
Public commission of UEAJ 33: production of paintings for the restaurant training rooms “Le P’tit Creux”. Practical training with young people from the Judicial Protection Service for youth, aiming at social and professional integration (05/09–11/05/12; 05/14–15/16/05/12; 06/05–08/06/12; 06/11–18/06/12, workshop in Listrac-Médoc)
Public commission: Lacanau city hall: creation for the 20th anniversary of twinning with Castrillo de Murcia (04/2012)
Creation of a monumental mission cross (02/2012, Lacanau-Médoc town hall)
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 Service for youth, with a goal of social and professional integration. (2010/2011, UEAJ 33)
Creation of sculptures for the school parking area. Project realized with the participation of children. (2009, Avensan town hall (33))