Exhibition 'Niki de Saint Phalle – The 1980s and 1990s: Art Unleashed' in National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec
The Niki de Saint Phalle exhibition will be devoted to the work of Niki de Saint Phalle in the last two decades of her life, starting in 1978 when the French-American artist launched the monumental Tarot Garden in Italy. The exhibition will assemble more than 150 works and is presented by the MNBAQ in collaboration with Les Abattoirs, Musée – Frac Occitanie Toulouse and the Niki Charitable Art Foundation.
She achieved recognition in the 1960s and 1970s for Shots, paintings produced by shooting at the canvases with a rifle, for her participation in the new realism movement, and her emblematic Nanas. The time has come to focus on her late work.
This period is often neglected in artists’ careers, even more so among women. During these years, Niki de Saint Phalle enjoyed considerable freedom of expression but also the financial freedom that an innovative, exemplary entrepreneurship model afforded her. She wanted to make art accessible to everyone, to transform everyday life into something exceptional.
This exhibition is included in museum admission.
