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Artist
Niki de Saint Phalle
(Frankrike, 1930 - 2002)
Artist
Jean Tinguely
(Schweiz, 1925 - 1991)
Alternate Title
- Paradiset
- The Paradise
Date1966-1967
MediumPainted glass fiber reinforced polyester, painted metal, tree root, rubber straps
DimensionsVarierande mått
Classification
Countries
Credit LineDonation 1971 från konstnärerna
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