Niki de Saint Phalle and Giardino dei Tarocchi
Inspired by Gaudi’s Parc Guell in Barcelona and the Sacro Bosco in Bomarzo, Niki de Saint Phalle said she knew that one day she wanted to create her own ‘Garden of Joy’. That became a reality when 25 years later she made her Tarot Garden. Constructed on gifted land, she financed the making and building of it herself, 22 monumental sculptures inspired by the 22 Major Arcana, she even lived in one of the pieces, the Empress. Helped by friends, including her collaborator and husband Jean Tinguely (they were called “the Bonnie and Clyde of Art”), Marella Caracciolo Agnelli and the local postman, she created a garden of dazzling mosaic sculptures, now visited by seventy-five thousand people every year. Her art and life, exciting whether she was shooting paint out of revolvers, creating her Nana’s combining her art, social activism and fighting oppression.Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Online Zoom - 10th January 2025, 6-7pm
Inspired by Gaudi’s Parc Guell in Barcelona and the Sacro Bosco in Bomarzo, Niki de Saint Phalle said she knew that one day she wanted to create her own ‘Garden of Joy’. That became a reality when 25 years later she made her Tarot Garden. Constructed on gifted land, she financed the making and building of it herself, 22 monumental sculptures inspired by the 22 Major Arcana, she even lived in one of the pieces, the Empress. Helped by friends, including her collaborator and husband Jean Tinguely (they were called “the Bonnie and Clyde of Art”), Marella Caracciolo Agnelli and the local postman, she created a garden of dazzling mosaic sculptures, now visited by seventy-five thousand people every year. Her art and life, exciting whether she was shooting paint out of revolvers, creating her Nana’s combining her art, social activism and fighting oppression.Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Online Zoom - 10th January 2025, 6-7pm
Inspired by Gaudi’s Parc Guell in Barcelona and the Sacro Bosco in Bomarzo, Niki de Saint Phalle said she knew that one day she wanted to create her own ‘Garden of Joy’. That became a reality when 25 years later she made her Tarot Garden. Constructed on gifted land, she financed the making and building of it herself, 22 monumental sculptures inspired by the 22 Major Arcana, she even lived in one of the pieces, the Empress. Helped by friends, including her collaborator and husband Jean Tinguely (they were called “the Bonnie and Clyde of Art”), Marella Caracciolo Agnelli and the local postman, she created a garden of dazzling mosaic sculptures, now visited by seventy-five thousand people every year. Her art and life, exciting whether she was shooting paint out of revolvers, creating her Nana’s combining her art, social activism and fighting oppression.Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Online Zoom - 10th January 2025, 6-7pm