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Webbtillgänglig
© Magnus Wibom
Niki de Saint Phalle Jean Tinguely Per Olof Ultvedt bygger Hon
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Niki de Saint Phalle Jean Tinguely Per Olof Ultvedt bygger Hon

by Magnus Wibom
Artist (Sverige, 1939 - 2010)
Alternate Title
  • Niki de Saint Phalle Jean Tinguely Per Olof Ultvedt are building Hon
Date1966
Medium16 mm film transferred to video, b/w, sound
Dimensions24:14 min
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Countries
Credit LineInköp 2013
Object NumberMOM/2013/148
The artwork is on outgoing loan
About the artwork 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