NES - Darklight 10-Sculpture Lumineuse

Darklight 10

Luminous sculpture
(Dia. 21.5 x 45 cm H)
2023
Unique signed piece
Steel
Varnished sculpture

Delivered without bulb (E14)

Weight of the sculpture: 4.5 kg

Contemporary design. Luminous 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.
Mint condition
Equipped with a black E14 socket, standard socket
1.5 m black cable with the on/off switch on the cord. Delivered without bulb

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Parcours

Nes is a Bordeaux-based artist, born in 1979. A metal designer, she creates sculptures and furniture from salvaged metal parts. Her work has a strong presence and a definite identity drawn from a baroque universe and heavily inspired by punk iconography.
Early on, this young woman turned toward artistic creation. It was in 2003, while finishing her university studies by obtaining a degree in Applied Foreign Languages, 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 completed 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 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 file). In 2007 she won a Youth Challenge, a program set up by the Ministry of Youth. For her, it was a real catalyst that propelled her toward professionalism. From then on, she was frequently commissioned at regional, national and international levels. In 2009 she represented France at the International Francophonie Games 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. At the regional level 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 of the Inquisition in Santillana del Mar. The capacity of humans to make others suffer horrified and fascinated me at the same time. I was frightened by the ingenuity with which man devised so much monstrosity. My work transcends this monstrosity by an appearance of gentleness that hides the violence that humanity can harbor. I want to show the dark side of humanity, the human experience of suffering, the capacity of man to hide the horror that lies deep inside, in order to highlight the transition 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 lead the spectator into her world of arabesques, curves and chains. Power in the material, fragility in the airy forms born of 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. Play with appearances, shadows, light and contrasts, treat hostile materials until guiding them artistically toward softness and lightness. Her artistic signature, expressed through the use of chainsaw chains, earned her the press nickname “the iron lacemaker.” Ambivalence between form and matter, subtlety of the plastic language, distortion of materials.
“What I question myself about: how to exercise discernment and live in society while considering that everyone may have a part of monstrosity within themselves? What are the limits of humanity’s extreme behaviors? How to detach from everyday reality, from the illusions of our perception to ease this suffering, 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?”

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)
Capa Esculturas gallery exhibition (12/09-21/10/2014, Madrid, Spain)
Exhibition “Pas à pas” (09/05-09/06/14, Louvernage, 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 “Salón internacional de Mujeres Artistas” (6/03-22/03/12, Maracena, Granada, Spain)
Permanent sculpture display “Carpe Diem”: private collection of 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 “Riviera Fusion” art symposium (12/05-30/06/11, Riviera Hotel & Beach Lounge, Corniche El Manara, Beirut, Lebanon)
Exhibition and selection for the International Francophonie Games. 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-Libanais (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 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 town of Vic-le-Comte and the Departmental Council of Puy-de-Dôme (Le Trampoline, Place de l’Olm e, 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 Cailleau media library/art collection (10/05/16))
Public commission: City of Soulac-sur-Mer 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 training with youths from Judicial Protection of Youth, aimed at social and professional insertion (2013, UEAJ 33, Bordeaux)
Public commission of the Gironde General Council. Trophies “Mission Agenda 21” (15/10/2012, Gironde General Council, Bordeaux)
Public commission: UEAJ 33: creation of paintings for the restaurant training “le P'tit Creux”. Practical training with youths from Judicial Protection of Youth, aimed at social and professional insertion (05-06/07-08/06/12; 11-12-13-14-15-18-19/06/12, Listrac-Médoc workshop)
Public commission of the town hall of Avensan: 20th anniversary of twinning with Castrillo de Murcia (04/2012)
Creation of a monumental mission cross (02/2012, town hall of Cussac-Médoc (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 Judicial Protection of Youth, aimed at social and professional insertion. (2010/2011, UEAJ 33)
Creation of sculptures for school parking lots. Project carried out with the participation of children. (2009, town hall of Avensan (33))