© 2024 Niki Charitable Art Foundation/Bildupphovsrätt. © Jean Tinguely/Bildupphovsrätt 2024
Artist
Niki de Saint Phalle
(Frankrike, 1930 - 2002)
Artist
Jean Tinguely
(Schweiz, 1925 - 1991)
Alternate Title
- Paradiset
- The Paradise
Date1966
MediumPainted glass fiber reinforced polyester, painted metal, tree root, rubber straps
DimensionsVarierande mått
ClassificationSculptures
Credit LineDonation 1971 from the artists
Countries
On view
StockholmOutdoor SculpturesRoomOutside location
Object NumberNMSK 2095
About the artworkThe Fantastic Paradise, was originally
created for the World Fair in Montreal in
1967. In The Fantastic Paradise Niki de
Saint Phalle’s colourful, life-affirming,
rotund female figures are set against
Jean Tinguely’s black, jagged, rattling
machines. In the warm season, the figures are set in motion, spurting water
that trickles here and there. It is said that
there was an orange tree in the Garden
of Eden, and that is why there are orange
trees in many convent gardens. Naturally, there should be one in this Paradise.
Look carefully, and you will find it.
Selected exhibition history Pop Art & Nouveau Réalisme, ur samlingarna (1991-1992) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Pop Art & Nouveau realisme : ur Moderna Museets samlingar : Moderna Museet 26.12.1991 - 09.08.1992
Selected exhibition history Pop Art & Nouveau Réalisme, ur samlingarna (1991-1992) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Pop Art & Nouveau realisme : ur Moderna Museets samlingar : Moderna Museet 26.12.1991 - 09.08.1992