Niki de saint phalle a d abord été mannequin puis mère de famille avant d aborder l art en. Catherine de saint phalle dite niki de saint phalle née à neuilly sur seine département de la seine le 29 octobre 1930 et morte à la jolla comté de san diego californie états unis le 21 mai 2002 est une plasticienne peintre sculptrice et réalisatrice de films franco américaine. Les œuvres de niki de saint phalle sont marquées par une enfance difficile entachée par une relation paternelle incestueuse.
Sa double nationalité franco américaine a multiplié les influences de l artiste entre le néo dadaïsme et le nouveau réalisme. Niki de saint phalle est une des artistes les plus marquantes du xxe siècle. They were made by fixing polythene bags of paint to a board and covering them with a thick plaster surface.
In 1961 niki de saint phalle held an exhibition at galerie j entitled fire at will on show were several of her tirs or shooting paintings tir is the french word for shooting or to fire including this one. A self taught artist she created a sensation in the 1960 s when she started firing guns at her canvases during her performances occasionally joined by american pop art pioneers jasper johns and robert rauschenberg. Niki de saint phalle french sculptor writer stage designer and filmmaker was born outside paris in 1930.
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Niki de saint phalle was a french artist best known for her sculptural female figures known as nanas. She was one of the few women artists widely known for monumental sculpture but also for her commitments. Niki de saint phalle born catherine marie agnès fal de saint phalle 29 october 1930 21 may 2002 was a french american sculptor painter and filmmaker.
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She was an avant garde iconoclast who was integral to the postwar art scene in france.
Sculptures niki de saint phalle. Niki de saint phalle born catherine marie agnès fal de saint phalle 29 october 1930 21 may 2002 was a french american sculptor painter and filmmaker widely noted as one of the few female monumental sculptors saint phalle was also known for her social commitment and work. She had a difficult and traumatic childhood and a multiply disrupted education which she wrote about many. Niki de saint phalle and jean tinguely niki de saint phalle s artworks in public spaces stravinsky fountain 1982 paris france. On the place stravinsky right next to the centre pompidou in paris one can admire this artwork.
The whimsical public fountain showcases sixteen works of sculpture that represent the works of the composer igor. Niki de saint phalle was never an easy figure to pin down.
Niki de saint phalle was never an easy figure to pin down. The whimsical public fountain showcases sixteen works of sculpture that represent the works of the composer igor. On the place stravinsky right next to the centre pompidou in paris one can admire this artwork.
Niki de saint phalle and jean tinguely niki de saint phalle s artworks in public spaces stravinsky fountain 1982 paris france. She had a difficult and traumatic childhood and a multiply disrupted education which she wrote about many. Niki de saint phalle born catherine marie agnès fal de saint phalle 29 october 1930 21 may 2002 was a french american sculptor painter and filmmaker widely noted as one of the few female monumental sculptors saint phalle was also known for her social commitment and work.
