Californian Diary (Order and Chaos)

Niki de Saint Phalle, Californian Diary (Order and Chaos), 1994. 2011 Niki Charitable Art Foundation, all rights reserved.

Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002) was a rebellious and provocative French-American artist whose work was engaged with femininity, mythology, violence, personal anxiety and international political conflict. From the mid-1950s she was part of the Parisian avant-garde and came to prominence alongside the Nouveaux Realistes artists, one of the most important European art movements of Post War area. Throughout her life, she pursued a passionate and relentless assault against the constraints of conventional society, be they political, sexual, or aesthetic.

EXHIBITIONS

Niki de Saint Phalle & the West Coast

Opening January 26th, 5 - 8:30 pm
January 26th - March 23rd 2012