Exhibition
Niki de Saint Phalle: Je Suis Une Vache Suisse
17 Jun 2016 – 10 Sep 2016
Event times
10am - 6pm
Cost of entry
Free
Address
- 21 Conduit Street
- London
United Kingdom - W1S 2XP
- United Kingdom
The work explores and celebrates being a woman in control of her own career, body and life, this important exhibition looks at the changes in her oeuvre.
About
Je Suis Une Vache Suisse, curated by Helen Pheby of Yorkshire Sculpture Park, brings together many works by Niki de Saint Phalle that have not previously been seen in a public exhibition. The playful title of this exhibition is borrowed from Saint Phalle's sculpture of 1991 and is the point of departure for a significant display of work that gives serious insight into the work of one of the greatest artists of the 20th century.
Studying the over-arching narrative that stems from the raw angry nature of Saint Phalle's early works to the reconciled later works in which she explores and celebrates being a woman in control of her own career, body and life, this important exhibition looks at the changes in her oeuvre.
The exhibition includes a number of bird sculptures, a prevalent theme for the artist in the mid-1970s, alongside pieces incorporating snakes that reference the biblical myth of serpent as seducer - Snake Mirror (1998), the relief Le Serpent (1995) and Snake Cufflinks (1971-2015) developed by the artist in collaboration with WHO and kindly loaned by Louisa Guinness Gallery.
