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Niki de Saint Phalle
A–Z
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Author: Katharina Sykora
Graphic Design: Torsten Köchlin
Artist: Niki de Saint Phalle
English
February 2025,
108
Pages
Hardcover
130mm x
195mm
ISBN:
978-3-7757-5437-8
| The Many Facets of Niki de Saint Phalle
Niki de Saint Phalle loved pseudo-orders, which she used to arbitrarily assemble terms and pictograms on a sheet of paper. Under the heading “I Love,” for example, the sign of a snake could be found next to the emblem for justice, an orange spot for the corresponding color next to two stars as a symbol for astrology. Niki de Saint Phalle A–Z takes the same liberty and puts the many facets of Niki de Saint Phalle’s work into the order of the alphabet. This logical order is deceptive, though. From A as in AIDS to Z as in Zurich Angel, from B as in Bride to V as in Vanitas, a mosaic of concepts emerges that filters out the various levels of meaning in her manifold oeuvre and playfully engages them in mutual commentary.
This book is also available in German.
NIKI DE SAINT PHALLE (1930–2002) was one of the most important artists and sculptors of her generation. Growing up in Paris and New York, she returned to Paris in the 1950s, where she began her artistic career with her legendary “shooting” series. Her sensual female figures, the Nanas, gained her widespread popularity.
Art scholar KATHARINA SYKORA (*1955) was a professor at the University of Bochum and Braunschweig University of Art from 1994 to 2018. Her fields of research include the construction of authorship, gender and transmediality.
This book is also available in German.
NIKI DE SAINT PHALLE (1930–2002) was one of the most important artists and sculptors of her generation. Growing up in Paris and New York, she returned to Paris in the 1950s, where she began her artistic career with her legendary “shooting” series. Her sensual female figures, the Nanas, gained her widespread popularity.
Art scholar KATHARINA SYKORA (*1955) was a professor at the University of Bochum and Braunschweig University of Art from 1994 to 2018. Her fields of research include the construction of authorship, gender and transmediality.
EXHIBITIONS
Kunsthaus Zürich
September 2, 2022–January 8, 2023
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
February 3–May 21, 2023
Kunsthaus Zürich
September 2, 2022–January 8, 2023
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
February 3–May 21, 2023
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