Niki de Saint Phalle: artist, who shot to sculptures – Gazeta.pl

Niki de Saint Phalle is a French painter and sculptor born October 29, 1930 year. While the world remembers her as a brilliant artist began his career as a fashion model.

In the early 60s, Niki de Saint Phalle became famous for a series of “strzelanych images”. These were the structure of the plastic bags molded into human form and covered with plaster. After przestrzeleniu flowing paint painted object.

Arts Niki de Saint Phalle began to increasingly focus on analyzing the role of women. The artist has created other forms – a life-size female models made of plaster, covered with paint, depicting a woman during a wedding, birth, etc.

In 1965, Niki de Saint Phalle began work on his most important works made of papier-mâché, yarn and fabric. This “Nanas” – giant sculptures of women characterized by amazing designs and colors.

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Career Niki de Saint Phalle has gained a new momentum thanks to her second husband, Jean Tinguely, “the leading figure of the French avant-garde of the 50s and 60.”

He kindled in Niki de Saint Phalle artistic soul again. Together they created one of the most interesting works of the last century, presented in 1966 at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm.

Giantess – Nana Hon. En Kathedral (She’s Cathedral.), Held jointly with Tinguelym and Per Olof Ultvedtem [4]. In the long on 28, 9 wide and 6 meters high on lying on his back Nana’s body, which was entered through a vagina, placed among cinema, a bench for lovers, Coca-colowy bar, an aquarium and a planetarium and a number of installations and works of artists performing venture. By navel visitors went to the Blue porch

Works Niki de Saint Phall can also be seen in the park of Giardino dei Tarocchi in Italy, where the number of installations created by the artist.

In addition to the many sculptures , installations, paintings, Niki de Saint Phall has won well over a dozen books and a few movies. She was an artist with a distinctive style and unique character.

Niki de Saint Phall died May 21, 2002 in San Diego.