Niki de Saint Phalle Jean Tinguely Per Olof Ultvedt bygger Hon
- Niki de Saint Phalle Jean Tinguely Per Olof Ultvedt are building 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, Jean Tinguely
and P O Ultvedt set out to do something
together, without any fixed plans. This leads
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.
Selected exhibition history Niki de Saint Phalle (den 17 september 2014 - den 7 juni 2015) Guggenheim Museum Bilbao