Niki De Saint Phalle

  • Niki de Saint Phalle & Peter Whitehead – Daddy (1973)

    Peter Whitehead1971-1980CultFranceNiki de Saint PhallePerformance

    A fantasy about a woman’s attempts to exorcise the influence of her sexually domineering father.

    “What began as a documentary on sculptress Niki de St. Phalle finished up as a fantasy about a woman’s attempts to exorcise the influence of her sexually domineering father. It provides an excuse for a whole ragbag of Freudian neuroses, six-foot phalluses in coffins, nubile girls in nun’s habits stripping in front of altars, masturbation, some obvious jokes, pretty photography, abysmal acting, and a commentary that reads and sounds like a Home Service children’s story for adults” (Chris Petit, Time Out)Read More »

  • Peter Schamoni – Niki De Sant Phalle (1996)

    1991-2000DocumentaryExploitationGermanyPeter Schamoni

    In the sixties the painter and sculptor Niki de Saint Phalle started her career with shooting paintings, reliefs that were fired at with paint bags. She became famous and popular for her Nanas, colorful sculptures of big and cheerful women, and for the cooperation with Jean Tinguely. The frame of this film is a tour through her tarot garden in Tuscany.Read More »

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