Niki de Saint Phalle: A to Z
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Niki de Saint Phalle: A to Z
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 colour next to two stars as a symbol for astrology.
Niki de Saint Phalle: A to 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.
Series: A-Z
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9783775754378
Publisher: Hatje Cantz
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 05 March 2026
Country: Germany
Imprint: Hatje Cantz
Illustration: 35 Illustrations
Contributors:
- Designed by Joana Katte
- Designed by Torsten Kรถchlin
- Text by Katharina Sykora
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 195.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 108
About the Author
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.
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