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No image due to Copyright restrictions. | | | Saint-Phalle, Niki de (1930 - 2002) France
TIR, c. 1963
Plaster, metal and wood assemblage mounted on wood, sprayed with gold paint; 80 x 86.5 cm Nouveau Réalisme
UID 102-509
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Biography
Sculptor, writer, stage designer and director of French nationality, despite having spent the first twenty years of her life in the United States. On her return to Europe, she began working according to a style very close to Art Brut. She achieved public recognition through the creation of the series Shots (1960-61), through which she became associated with Nouveau Réalisme. Her sculptures are made up out of "found objects" and plastic toys, in which her preferred themes are monsters and other fantastic creatures. These series showed a certain concern with the representation of women, as in the series Brides. In the second half of the 60s, Saint-Phalle concentrated almost exclusively on monumental sculptures, at times directed especially at children. She produced numerous book illustrations, stage designs for ballet and directed films. In 1986, she published Aids, You Can't Catch it Holding, a combination of text and images. In 1993, she had a major one-woman show at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville in Paris and, in 1998, she took part in the Venice Biennale. The spectacular, ostentatious character of her sculptures have much in common with Pop Art.
Exhibitions
Die Braut Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum, Germany 01-07-1985 ~ 31-10-1985
The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 17-05-1997 ~ 31-08-1997
Pop 60s Transatlantic Crossing Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal 11-09-1997 ~ 17-11-1997
Colecção Berardo - Arte Pop & Ca. Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 19-04-2002 ~ 15-09-2002
A Colecção Berardo a partir do Atelier Brancusi Galeria Jornal de Notícias, Portugal 26-01-2007 ~ 24-03-2007
De Miró à Warhol. La Collection Berardo à Paris Musée du Luxembourg, France 16-10-2008 ~ 22-02-2009
Art in France 1860-1960: Realism MASP - Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil 15-05-2009 ~ 30-06-2009
Art in France 1860-1960: Realism, Porto Alegre MARGS, MUSEU DE ARTE DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL ADO MALAGOLI, Brazil 13-07-2009 ~ 30-08-2009
Bibliography
Colecção Berardo - Art Pop & Ca., 2002 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729742873
Pop '60s Transatlantic Crossing, 1997 Published by CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém ISBN 9728176384
Pop Art & Co. - The Berardo Collection - Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 2004 Published by TBS Television, INC.
Sotheby's, Contemporary Art Including Property from the Charlotte Moorman Estate, London Thursday 24th June 1993, lot. 53, 1993 Published by Sotheby´s
The Berardo Collection – Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 1996 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729739105
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