Viva Niki! The Spirit of Niki de Saint Phalle

A gentle, colourful stroll through an artist's life, warm and admiring, with room to drift and absorb the images.

Directed by

Michiko Matsumoto

Genres

Documentary

Starring

Niki de Saint Phalle, Kyoko Koizumi

Overview

The late French American artist Niki de Saint Phalle is remembered today for her Nanas, a highly spirited force of colorful female sculptures. These figures, as with all of Niki’s works, possess an unbridled creativity that hums with the very energy of life. Through unpublished stills and recent footage shot in Europe, America, and Japan, this documentary recalls the life and legacy of the multidisciplinary artist, whose portraits and artworks japanese director Michiko Matsumoto photographed from 1981. It introduces in intimate detail such masterworks as the Tarot Garden in Tuscany, Italy, a vast collection of large-scale works more than 20 years in the making.

How it feels

Warm, uplifting, whimsical and melancholic. Measured and easy to follow.

About

Art, identity, gender, memory

Content

No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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