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

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Profile

Nes is a Bordeaux-born artist living in the Médoc. She was born in 1979. A metal designer, she creates sculptures and furniture from recycled metal pieces. Her work has a strong presence and a definite identity drawn from a Baroque universe and strongly inspired by punk iconography.
Very early on, she turned to artistic creation. In 2003, while finishing her university studies with a degree in Applied Foreign Languages, she discovered metalworking during a trip to Cuba. This discovery, which she perceived as a true revelation, led her to redirect her studies. She completed a qualifying training in metallurgy at IFIP in 2004 and then specialized in 2006 as an industrial and space-oriented welding technician. While continuing to explore contemporary artistic creation autonomously, she completed her training by becoming a qualified pyrotechnician in 2008.
Her works quickly caught the art world’s attention and established a strong singularity, earning her several press articles (see press kit). In 2007, she won a Défi-Jeunes, a program by the Ministry of Youth. For her, it was a true 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 competition and exhibited at 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 in art design from Rotary District 1690.
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 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 a surface of gentleness that hides what humanity can carry in terms of violence within it. I want to show the dark side of humanity, the human experience of suffering, the ability of man to hide the horror he buries deep within himself, to highlight the shift from shadow to light.”
By releasing 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. Power in the material, fragility in the airy shapes 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 goal: to give a soul back to forgotten industrial elements. Playing with appearances, shadows, light, and contrasts, working with hostile materials until artistically guiding them toward gentleness and lightness. Her artistic signature, expressed through the use of chainsaw links, earned her the press nickname “the iron file-maker.” Ambivalence between form and matter, subtlety of plastic language, repurposing materials.
“The questions that drive me: how to show discernment and live in society while considering that everyone can have a share of monstrosity in them? What are the limits of humanity’s extreme behaviors? How to detach from daily reality, from the illusions of our perception to ease this suffering, to stop hiding this darker side of ourselves? How to free oneself from prejudices and distrust 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 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 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, Louveigné, 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 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 in a school in Saida. (27/09/09-06/10/09, UNESCO Palace in 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 orders / Public collections

Public commission from the town hall of Lacanau: monumental sculpture “Fòrga” made in homage to the heritage site “La Forge” - Permanent exhibition in front of the town hall (07/24, Lacanau (33))
Order from the Interregional Directorate for Judicial Protection of Youth (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'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 Cailleau media library/art library (10/05/16))
Public commission: the town of Soulac-sur-Mer: sculpture created during the urban residence 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 youths from the Judicial Protection of Youth, aiming at social and professional integration (2013, UEAJ 33, Bordeaux)
Public commission: Gironde General Council. Trophies “Mission Agenda 21” (10/15/2012, Gironde General Council, Bordeaux)
Public commission: UEAJ 33: creation of paintings for the restaurant “le P'tit Creux.” Practical internship with youths from the Judicial Protection of Youth, aiming at social and professional integration (05-10/05/12; 14-15/06/12; 11-12-13-14-15-18-19/06/12, Listrac-Médoc workshop)
Public commission: town hall of Avensan: 20th anniversary of twinning with Castrillo de Murcia (04/2012)
Creation of a monumental mission cross (02/2012, Avensan 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 internship with youths from the Judicial Protection of Youth, aiming 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))