Viva Niki! The Spirit of Niki de Saint Phalle

(2024)

Genres: Documentary

Year: 2024

Runtime: 76 мин

Director: Michiko Matsumoto

Cast: Niki de Saint Phalle, 小泉今日子

Plot

The late French American artist Niki de Saint Phalle is remembered today for her Nanas, a highly spirited force of colorful female sculptures. These figures, as with all of Niki’s works, possess an unbridled creativity that hums with the very energy of life. Through unpublished stills and recent footage shot in Europe, America, and Japan, this documentary recalls the life and legacy of the multidisciplinary artist, whose portraits and artworks japanese director Michiko Matsumoto photographed from 1981. It introduces in intimate detail such masterworks as the Tarot Garden in Tuscany, Italy, a vast collection of large-scale works more than 20 years in the making.