Welded mesh

The artwork is a stack of square mesh welded wire mesh. Separated from each other by 1 cm, the metal sheets form a parallelepiped of 75 x 85 cm, inclined by 7°. The set is made hyperstatic by means of iron rods attached to each panel.

They are placed at the points of maximum tension of the structure. This regular mesh allows voids surrounded by interconnected bars. The metal assembly constitutes a periodic paving. The panels are rigorously parallel and oriented in relation to each other.

Very logically, a grid effect appears deep within the thickness of the piece. The lighting of the median plane is an integral part of the work and is diffused in shades of blue and white.

The five halogens give off a warm, grid light, as if cadenced by the repetitive geometry of the panels. They create on the bars a phenomenon of recalescence similar to white-heated metal. The artwork rests on two massive slate beams that contrast with the lightness of the parallelepiped.

The choice of grey stone remains consistent with the raw color of the steel panels. The total absence of real welding is one of the originalities in this piece; all the constituent elements are linked together by metal or plastic fasteners. As for the electrical system, it is enclosed in a box at the back, between the two slate supports.

Only the discrete wires supplying the bulbs are visible. With Welded Trellis, Philippe Fares imagined a new building of an abstract nature, a distant echo of the final décor of Eight and a Half (Otto e mezzo, 1963).