NES - Darklight 6-Sculpture Lumineuse

Darklight #6

Luminous sculpture

(Diameter 20x33.5 cm H)

2023
Unique signed piece
Steel
Varnished sculpture

Delivered without bulb (E27)

Weight of the sculpture: 6.7 kg

Contemporary design. Luminous sculpture. Signed unique artwork 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
1.5 m black cable with on/off switch on the cord. Supplied without bulb

Good functioning and safety verified

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

Background

Nes is a Bordeaux artist based 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 and a definite identity drawn from a baroque universe, heavily inspired by punk iconography.
Very early on, she turned toward artistic creation. It was in 2003, while finishing her university studies with 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 change the direction of her studies. She followed a qualifying course in metallurgy at IFIP in 2004, then a specialization in 2006 as a welding technician with an industrial and space-oriented vocation. While continuing to explore contemporary artistic creation as a self- taught artist, 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 Jeunesse Challenge, 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 Francophonie Games competition and exhibited at the UNESCO Palace in Beirut. In 2010, she was invited to UNESCO in Paris where she presented her work in an individual 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 of Aquitaine and Charente, she received the 2nd prize in Rotary District 1690 art design.
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 human beings to make others suffer horrified and fascinated me at the same time. I was frightened by the ingenuity with which man has shown himself to develop so much monstrosity. My work transcends this monstrosity by an appearance of softness that hides what humanity can inflict in violence within itself. I want to show the dark side of humanity, the human experience of suffering, the ability of man to conceal the horror he buries deep inside, in order to highlight the passage from shadow to light.”

By liberating her gesture, Nes reveals through her sculptures a baroque and poetic universe. She draws on the force of metal to lead the spectator into her world of arabesques, curves, and chains. Power in the material, fragility in the airy shapes emerging from a complex imagination. From darkness to light, from chain to steel lace…
A baroque universe, another more playful one, both converge in the same objective: to give a soul back to forgotten industrial elements. Playing with appearances, shadows, light, and contrasts, treating hostile materials until artistically guided 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, misappropriation of materials.
“The questions that drive me: how to exercise discernment and live in society while considering that everyone may have a portion of monstrosity within themselves? 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 concealing this dark part of ourselves? How to free oneself from biases and challenge 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 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 de 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 of Fire” 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, Louvergne, 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 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. Residence. Intervention in a school in Saïda. (27/09/09–06/10/09, UNESCO Palace Beirut, Lebanon)
Permanent exhibition of 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 Lacanau town hall: monumental sculpture “Fòrga” created in homage to the heritage site “La Forge” - Permanent exhibition in front of the town hall (07/24, Lacanau (33))
Commission from the Interregional Direction 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’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 collection (10/05/16))
Public commission: the Soulac-sur-Mer town hall: sculpture created during the urban residency and public performance “Urban Welding Art” (05/03–05/12/13, Place de la Basilique, Soulac-sur-Mer)
Public commission: UEAJ 33. Practical internship with youths from Judicial Protection of Youth, aimed 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 applied restaurant “le P'tit Creux.” Practical internship with youths from Judicial Protection of Youth, aimed at social and professional integration (05/09–11/05/12; 12/14–15/16/05/12; 05–21/16/12, 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 town hall (33))
Public commission: creation of a monumental sculpture for the entrance of a media library (Inauguration 10/09/11, Beychac et Cailleau)
Public commissions: trophies for the Michelet Challenge. Practical internship with youths from Judicial Protection of Youth, aimed at social and professional integration. (2010/2011, UEAJ 33)
Creation of sculptures for the school parking lot. Project with the participation of children. (2009, Avensan town hall (33))