Niki de Saint Phalle: Tableaux Éclatés
April 30, 11:00 am –June 22, 6:00 pm
Suggested Ages: All, Adult Friendly
See French-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle’s dynamic Tableaux Éclatés (“burst paintings”), vibrant, mechanized pictures depicting landscapes upon which animals and still lifes, as well as her trademark Nanas, dance across beaches, deserts, and seas. Each painting’s composition is animated through an intricate motorized armature activated through a photo sensor: when the artwork recognizes a viewer, internal motors trigger motion of the work’s elements or illuminate the scene with brilliant electric bulbs.
Joining the Tableaux Éclatés is Saint Phalle’s fountain, La femme et L’oiseau fontaine (1967-1988), installed inside for the first time following its U.S. debut at the artist’s MoMA PS1 retrospective in 2021. Bursting with streaming water, a bathing suit-clad Nana balances, arms outstretched in joyful proclamation, atop a bird whose wings mirror her gesture of open embrace. La femme et L’oiseau fontaine follows Saint Phalle’s commitment to public art, specifically fountains, the most famous of which, Fontaine Igor Stravinsky, greets visitors to Paris’ Centre Pompidou.
Wed–Sat 11 am– 6 pm
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