NES - Darklight 16-Sculpture Lumineuse

Darklight #16

-(15x15x29,5 cm)-

Luminescent sculpture

2025

Weight: 3.1 kg
Signed unique piece
Steel
Varnished sculpture

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

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Parcours

Nes is a Bordeaux-based artist from the Médoc. She was born in 1979. A metal designer, she creates sculptures and furniture from recovered metal pieces. Her work has a strong presence and a definite identity, drawing on a baroque universe and heavily inspired by punk iconography.
From an early age this young woman oriented herself toward artistic creation. It was in 2003, after finishing university studies with a degree in Applied Foreign Languages, that she discovered metalworking during a trip to Cuba. This discovery, which she perceived as a real revelation, led her to redirect her studies. She followed a qualifying training in metallurgy at IFIP in 2004, then specialized in 2006 as a welding technician with industrial and space-oriented aims. While continuing to explore contemporary artistic creation autonomously, she completed her formation by becoming a qualified pyrotechnician in 2008.
Her works quickly drew attention in the art world, gaining recognition for their strong originality and earning several press articles (see press dossier). In 2007, she won a Défi-Jeunes, a program implemented by the Ministry of Youth. For her it was a true catalyst that propelled her toward professionalism. From then on, she was frequently solicited at regional, national and international levels. In 2009 she represented France in 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 show. 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

“By the age of 5, I visited with my parents the torture museum of the Inquisition in Santillana del Mar.
The capacity of humans to inflict suffering on others horrified and fascinated me at the same time. I was frightened by the ingenuity with which man has developed so much monstrosity. My work transcends this monstrosity through an appearance of gentleness that hides the violence humanity can harbor within itself. 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 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 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 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. Playing with appearances, shadows, light and contrasts, treating hostile materials until artistically guiding them 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 plastic language, reimagining materials.
“The questions that drive me: how to show discernment and live in society while considering that everyone can have a part of monstrosity in them? What are the limits of extreme human behaviors? How to detach from daily 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, give up?”

Some exhibitions

Exhibition “Resonances” for the 500th anniversary of the Sainte-Chapelle and artist residency (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 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 Fine Arts Show (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” (8/04-20/04/12, 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 (since 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 competition. Residency. Intervention in a school in Saida. (27/09/09-06/10/09, UNESCO Palace of 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 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 Direction interrégionale de la protection judiciaire de la jeunesse (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 Lac-de-Comte town hall 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 hall of Aiguillon (47) (12/10/16))
Acquisition of the sculpture “Les Trois Portes” by the Beychac et Cailleau 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 youths from the Judicial Protection of Youth, with a goal of social and professional integration (2013, UEAJ 33, Bordeaux)
Public commission: 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 internship with youths from the Judicial Protection of Youth, aiming at social and professional integration (09-10-11/05/12; 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: City 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 media 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 children’s participation. (2009, Avensan town hall (33))