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Niki de Saint Phalle (French: [niki d(ə) sɛ̃ fal]; born Catherine Marie-Agnès Fal de Saint Phalle; 29 October 1930 – 21 May 2002) was a French-American sculptor, painter, filmmaker, and author of colorful hand-illustrated books.
May 17, 2024 · Niki de Saint Phalle was a French-American artist whose diverse practice encompassed a wide variety of mediums, including painting, sculpture, performance, and film. Her work explores femininity, gender oppression, violence, and joy. Saint Phalle was born the second of five children to American.
Niki de Saint Phalle in her studio at Soisy, surrounded by Le Mangeur d'Enfants, La Mariée sous l'Arbre, and Le Cheval et la Mariée. Photo: © Monique Jacot The Retrospective at the Grand Palais in Paris in 2014 has drawn more than half a million visitors.
Oct 29, 2014 · Niki de Saint Phalle dies on May 21, 2002, at the age of 71 in La Jolla, California. With work overseen by Niki’s granddaughter, Bloum Cardenas, and her longtime assistants, her remaining projects are completed.
Niki de Saint Phalle (French: [niki d(ə) sɛ̃ fal]; born Catherine Marie-Agnès Fal de Saint Phalle; 29 October 1930 – 21 May 2002) was a French-American sculptor, painter, filmmaker, and author of colorful hand-illustrated books.
May 21, 2002 · Niki de Saint Phalle paired bold, jubilant, and cartoonish feminine forms with dark and disturbing material in her multifaceted artistic career. Throughout, she continually disrupted long-held conventions in art, and her iconoclastic approach to her identity and society at large made her an early and important voice to both the Feminist ...
Niki de Saint Phalle used art as a rebellion against a patriarchal society and childhood trauma. She created a signature language of iconic forms such as her “Nanas”—unapologetic images of empowered womanhood—that testified to her belief that art could change the world.
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