NES - Darklight 6-Sculpture Lumineuse

Darklight #6

Luminous sculpture

(Dia. 20x33.5 cm H)

2023
Unique signed piece
Steel
Varnished sculpture

Delivered without bulb (E27)

Weight of the sculpture: 6.7 kg


Contemporary design. Light sculpture. Unique work signed by the artist NES, a French female sculptor working in metal.
Delivered with invoice and certificate of authenticity.
Emits a warm ambient light.

Brand new
Equipped with a black E27 socket, standard socket
Cable 1.5 m black with on/off switch on the cord. Delivered without bulb

Good working order and safety verified

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Parcours

Nes is a Bordeaux-based artist, active in the Médoc. She was born in 1979. Metal designer, she creates sculptures and furniture from recovered 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 turned towards artistic creation. It was in 2003, while completing her university studies with a degree in Foreign Languages Applied, 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 pursued a qualifying course in metallurgy at IFIP in 2004 and then a specialization in 2006 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 drew the attention of the art world, asserting themselves through strong uniqueness and earning her several press articles (see press kit). In 2007, she won a Défi-Jeunes, a program set up by the Ministry of Youth. For her it was a real catalyst propelling 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 competition of the Jeux de la Francophonie, 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 the 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 in art design from Rotary District 1690.
Drouot rating 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 of the Inquisition in 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 by a appearance of gentleness that hides what humanity can carry of violence within it. I want to show the dark side of humanity, the human experience of suffering, the capacity of man to hide the portion of horror he buries 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 strength of metal to bring 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 with the same objective: to give a soul back to forgotten industrial elements. Playing with appearances, shadows, light and contrasts, treating hostile materials until they are artistically guided toward sweetness and lightness. Her artistic signature, expressed through the use of chainsaw bars, earned her the press nickname the “iron lace-maker.” Ambivalence between form and matter, subtlety of plastic language, misappropriation of materials.
“The questions that drive me: how to exercise discernment and live in society considering that each person may have a share of monstrosity within them? What are the limits of humankind’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 defy appearances? How to live with this dark side of the soul? Meditate, accept, deny, rebel, renounce?”


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 of 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)
Capa Esculturas gallery exhibition (12/09-21/10/2014, Madrid, Spain)
Exhibition “Pas à pas” (09/05-09/06/14, L’ouvange, Belgium)
Exhibition at the “Feria Internacional del Arte de Granada” (7/05-12/05/12, 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 display 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 display 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 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 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 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: 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: UEAJ 33. Practical internship with youth from 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 restaurant classrooms “le P’tit Creux”. Practical internship with youth from Judicial Youth Protection, aimed at social and professional integration (05/09-11/05/12; 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: Soulac-sur-Mer town hall: 20th anniversary 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 media library (Inauguration on 10/09/11, Beychac et Caillau)
Creation of trophies for the Michelet Challenge. Practical internship with youth from Judicial Youth Protection, aimed at social and professional integration. (2010/2011, UEAJ 33)
Creation of sculptures for school parking. Project carried out with the participation of children. (2009, Avensan town hall (33))