Rooted in La Falaise Art Center’s educational mission, this project weaves a precious link between schools and contemporary creation — between today’s children and tomorrow’s artists. During the exhibition, a charity sale is held, with part of the proceeds donated to school cooperatives.
Niki de Saint Phalle (1930–2002), French-American painter and visual artist
Born Catherine-Marie-Agnès de Saint Phalle in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Niki de Saint Phalle was a major 20th-century French sculptor and visual artist. A self-taught creator, she made her mark with a bold body of work blending art, feminism, and provocation. After a youth marked by a stay in a psychiatric hospital, she found in art a powerful means of liberation and expression. In the 1960s, she gained fame with her Tirs — performances in which she shot a rifle at plaster assemblages filled with paint, denouncing violence and patriarchal institutions. She is also celebrated for her Nanas, monumental and colorful sculptures of joyful, free, and powerful women — symbols of femininity and emancipation. A member of the Nouveau Réalisme movement, she collaborated with her partner Jean Tinguely, notably on the Stravinsky Fountain in Paris. Her magnum opus, The Tarot Garden in Tuscany (Italy), embodies her dreamlike and mythological universe. Niki de Saint Phalle passed away in 2002 in California, leaving behind a prolific oeuvre at the crossroads of art, play, and activism.
Centre d’art La Falaise
5, cours Gambetta, 83570 Cotignac
Exhibition “Les Niki en herbe” — on view from December 6 to 21
Open Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Full price: 4€
Concession: 2€ (for students, disabled people, jobseekers and RSA recipients, on presentation of proof of entitlement)
Free admission for children and teenagers up to the age of 15
