Niki de Saint Phalle Jean Tinguely Per Olof Ultvedt bygger Hon

This documentary from the creation of the now legendary exhibition HON – a Cathedral at Moderna Museet in 1966 is practically without dialogue, but nevertheless reveals the close cooperation between three artists. Niki de Saint Phalle, JeanTinguely and P O Ultvedt set out to do something together, without any fixed plans. This led to a crisis meeting in Ultvedt’s home, and a concept that no visitor to the museum that summer would ever forget. HON was both a monumental sculpture and a small-format cultural centre. A female figure simmering with life – a cinema, exhibition space, aquarium and cafe.

The artists Niki de Saint Phalle, Jean Tinguely and P O Ultvedt are intimately linked with Moderna Museet’s early history. To this day, Paradise (1966), the sculpture group by Saint Phalle and Tinguely standing outside the museum is one of the most important and loved works in the collection.