Niki de Saint Phalle, destroy to rebuild

Niki de Saint Phalle, destroy to rebuild
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Niki de Saint Phalle, Pregnant Nana, 1993, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Jeffrey H. Loria) | © Niki Charitable Art Foundation, All rights reserved | Photo: Lee Stalsworth

“Woman and artist”, is how Niki de Saint Phalle liked to define herself, a leading protagonist on the French art scene in the second half of the 20th century. She was born in 1930 in Neuilly-sur-Seine and had made eclecticism the key to her personal expression. Model, but also painter, sculptor, author of experimental films, performer, Niki de Saint Phalle escapes a single definition. She had become famous for her large Nanas, colorful, polymorphic and rounded figures, behind which she hid a much less lively and maternal personal journey, steeped in pain. A total of 110 works, as well as an elegant selection of clothes from the Maison Dior, which recall her past as a model in the beautiful photographic shots that portray her, trace the path of Niki's artistic life, from her beginnings to her latest works, in a rhythm diachronic but also highly exciting.

Veronica Azzari - © 2024 ARTE.it for Bvlgari Hotel Milano