Le Petit Dictionnaire Niki de Saint Phalle en 49 symboles. beaux arts “Mythology of Places” collection

“Mythology of Places” collection

of its artistic and political stakes

Some of his most important writings are republished here

hero of the Iliad

Le Petit Dictionnaire Niki de Saint Phalle en 49 symboles. beaux arts “Mythology of Places” collectionHeart, castle, monster or dragon, flower, gun and snake, without forgetting Nana, goddess and devouring mother, are all recurring motifs in the abundant work of Niki de Saint Phalle (1930 2002). They all have a privileged resonance in the life of the artist, finding their source in her tastes as much as in her revolts, but also in the repulsions and fears that she ends up capturing to make them the material of her art. This small dictionary lists 49