La Cabeza by Niki de Saint Phalle (May 9, 2008)

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Niki at the Missouri Botanical Garden is the first time the works of artist Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002) have been seen in St. Louis in an exhibition of this magnitude. Forty monumentual mosaic sculptures made in a rainbow of colors and materials from fiberglass, stones, glass, and mirrors are placed throughout the Garden. The sculptures range up to 18 feet tall, and some weigh up to a ton or more, such as this amazing six-ton skull. Children are encouraged to touch and sit upon some of the works. A woman is sitting inside this skull--I've been inside and the glass and mirrors are amazing. P1280432

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  • Hi Sharon! Wow, this is magnificent, something new to go and see. It looks great surrounded by the colorful tulips. Great shot, it really looks awesome in full size, love all the gold crackle. Hugs, Susie

    said photo of segseven segseven 14 days ago

  • How neat Sharon & Bob. What fun this exhibit must have been. Wonderful photo. Ray

    said photo of rrayr55 rrayr55 14 days ago

  • How cool. It's great that people are encouraged to interact with it too.

    said photo of 63MissMimi19 63MissMimi19 14 days ago

  • What a gorgeous piece of art and in these surroundings. Love the tulips. Well done Sharon and thanks for sharing this very nice experience. This is why I like this group of ours so much. Lots to be able to see and experience every week. WOWOWOW! Happy I managed to get to it too and so early too.

    said photo of anttisarki anttisarki 14 days ago

  • Sharon This is just pefect sculpture among the tulips, the colours are wonderful and I do hope you are going to have an album with all the sculptures ( I had to ask)

    said photo of sandrajacktrips sandrajacktrips 13 days ago

  • Hi Sharon. Wow! This way too cool!!!!!!!! I love it. What a great work of art and you are lucky to live so near it. What a beautiful shot of wonderful work of art. The other Sharon

    said photo of sharwils sharwils 13 days ago

  • Whydo the best go so fast??He was not that old...It is beautiful art..I keep telling you I am on my way..you dont hear me:))) HUgs...Marra

    said photo of rosemarra rosemarra 13 days ago

  • WOW!!! That's amazing!!!!

    said photo of KrisApplegate KrisApplegate 13 days ago

  • Now this is interesting, very facinating in full size. Most have taken a significant amount of time to complete. Wow I didn't even notice you could sit inside, thanks for pointing that out. what a neat place to be

    said photo of erinrex erinrex 13 days ago

  • What a stunning artwork, Sharon! I don't know this sculpteur but he was certainly a genius!!! I would like to sit inside to see the world with a new regard! Fantastic shot, dear sis!

    said photo of huguette296100 huguette296100 13 days ago

  • When I saw the thumbnail my heart skipped a beat because I thought it was my mother in law re-incarnated! Phew! Thank goodness I then took a closer look. It really is quite amazing and is of great interest to me and not only because of who I thought it was. Out here there are several BIG things that contain A/V displays - there's a Big Pineapple, a Big Orange,a Big Cow,a Big Banana etc. etc. All are very popular attractions as I imagine this would be. Great to see and an excellent photo.

    said photo of georgieboy98 georgieboy98 13 days ago

  • Beautiful shot and nice caption -Jay

    said photo of Jayramji Jayramji 13 days ago

  • Wow, that's what I call a colorful display.

    said photo of tenia115 tenia115 13 days ago

  • THis is incredible..nice shot of this amazing sculpture!

    said photo of loriarnold101 loriarnold101 12 days ago

  • This is pretty amazing, Sharon! Lovely shot, my friend. Love. Claudia

    said photo of sstarlights sstarlights 12 days ago

  • Wow this is such incredible work, and they are so colorful and huge. The children must love this kinda scarry guy.

    said photo of umpa1 umpa1 12 days ago

  • Wow! This is quite interesting, even if I'm not sure wether I'd put it in my garden ... A perfect composition and a very detailed caption ... as usual by your side! Just great! Roberto

    said photo of olditaliantree olditaliantree 12 days ago

  • Nice artwork. We have similar colorful sculptures at Istanbul parks,cows last year,big tulips this year. I too hope you make an album on all these.

    said photo of sleyla sleyla 11 days ago

  • Such an unusual piece of artwork. You must have a great appreciation of the arts. It would be wonderful to see this in person.

    said photo of starwarsgirl9610 starwarsgirl9610 11 days ago

  • WOW! What a KEWL looking Skull!

    said photo of kellimays kellimays 11 days ago

  • Wow! So funny to see this thumbnail as the first photo in your album, on the albums page, you know? It told me right away this album held interesting things! (in case I didn't already know, lol) So cool that children are encouraged to touch instead of the other way around.

    said photo of sueberger sueberger 11 days ago

  • WOOOOOOOW this is wonderful

    said photo of thewise000 thewise000 10 days ago

  • This is awesome, the details are so amazing, great job!!!

    said photo of hamiltrudy1 hamiltrudy1 10 days ago

  • Well done Sharon, what a fantastic and striking picture. Can you imagine getting lost and finding this, wow, now that would be freaky.Lol :-0

    said photo of davisbros davisbros 10 days ago

  • Hello Sharon, wow wowo wowoe gasp, very colorful and also very special this sculpture. The interpretation is very curious and interesting fact you have a picture.

    said photo of megaries megaries 10 days ago

  • Most colourful and a wonderful attraction.

    said photo of bearfolk bearfolk 10 days ago

  • Hi Sharon, this is a wonderful picture, I love all the colours in the skull. Thanks for the info as well, it really helps. God bless. Don.

    said photo of donalddavisuk donalddavisuk 10 days ago

  • I can not say I like this from the outside and I can only imagine the inside. I would not like to see this one in the dark :)

    said photo of poppy1812 poppy1812 9 days ago

  • Fabulous shot dear Sharon! Feels like a "festival of colours". Jozef

    said photo of joznig joznig 9 days ago

  • Wow! Terrific capture! So vivid colors!

    said photo of russpsych russpsych 9 days ago

  • Great image.

    said photo of jwm04 jwm04 9 days ago

  • I'm so happy to find someone that appreciates fine art. I too love sculptures. I have an album you might enjoy.

    said photo of concrete2ton concrete2ton 8 days ago

  • Oh my goodness this is something else! I understand what you have been saying I don't think I'd like seeing this in my Garden either. Great capture but definitely not my type of ART. Hugs, Bonnie

    said photo of grma_of6 grma_of6 7 days ago

  • I would love to see this. We need to take a trip to this place. Do they allow pets in?

    said photo of lynncmor lynncmor 4 days ago

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