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An ambitious exhibition at New York’s MoMA PS1 reassesses the artist’s place in art history

Niki de Saint Phalle: Rebel with a cause 

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‘Rebellious, complex, iconoclastic, collaborative, trailblazing’:&nbsp; these are some of the adjectives Ruba Katrib, the curator behind&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/catalog/artist/8847/Niki-de-Saint-Phalle" target="_blank">Niki de Saint Phalle</a>’s most substantial US exhibition to date – currently on view at MoMA PS1 – uses to describe the artist. Born in the suburbs of Paris in 1930 and raised in New York City, Saint Phalle carved out a place for herself in the male-dominated artworld of the early 1960s. Raised to become a housewife, she instead chose art, producing an exhilarating oeuvre that champions women and challenges social norms.Saint Phalle’s works – colorful, bright, and bold – are designed to take up space, from the halls of major museums toTarot Garden, her Tuscan sculpture park<w><ins>,</ins> which has been compared to the architecture of Antoni Gaudí. She is best known for her ‘Nanas’: huge representations of curvy women that call upon antique goddesses. One of the most famous ‘Nanas’, <w>She – A Cathedral, which was shown at Moderna Museet in Stockholm in 1966, was a colossal female sculpture that museum visitors could enter via the vagina. The gesture was revolutionary and the experience so intense that Saint Phalle stated it could transform her viewers.</w></w>With over 200 pieces on display, <w>‘<w>Niki de Saint Phalle: Structures for Life<w>’ at MoMA PS1 offers a chance to revisit the artist’s legacy as a feminist and a radical, with an impact going far beyond the apparent playfulness of her figures. Her art ushers in a new vision of the world, one that – in her own words – takes joy ‘terribly seriously.’</w></w></w>__Co-presented with La Prairie and&nbsp;MoMA PS1 to celebrate the life and oeuvre of Niki de Saint Phalle, a pioneering artist with a revolutionary spirit who continues to inspire La Prairie and new generations of artists<w>&nbsp;today. Discover more about the exhibition&nbsp;<a href="https://youtu.be/S0L19NmcMGw" target="_blank">here</a>.&nbsp;</w>

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