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Niki de Saint Phalle
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Artist
. Born in 1930,
Neuilly-sur-Seine
,
France
. Raised in
NYC
. Lived in
California
until her death on 22 May, 2002.
If anything, Niki is unusual. Her earlier
style
was
montage
/
collage
mixed with
religious
themes. I've never quite understood what she was getting at -- she'll have
alters
that are covered with the various
body
parts of
plastic
dolls
. They're eerie.
In later
phases
, her worked turned to the
Nanas
- large metal forms covered in polyester which resemble most often overweight women. For Niki, they were a
sign
of
strength
,
maternity
,
warmth
,
compassion
. In her art,
men
rarely show up and when they do they are most often
animals
. Either they are
evil
dragons
and
demons
or they are
birds
of
protection
.
Niki, in that she was heavily into
mysticism
and
Tarot
, eventually developed an entire
park
(the
Tarot Garden
) in the
Bretagne
region
of
France
where each of the
cards
of
Tarot
deck
are presented at supra-
human
scale
. The
buildings
are covered with
mirrors
and
pain
ted
surfaces
- the effect is that of a
wonderland
.
Although,
I
myself am not big into mysticism, I find Niki's
art
amusing and often quite impressive. It's worth a look in any case.
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