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Niki i: Full Lotus

Posted by Ron (Saint Louis, United States) on 26 April 2008 in Art & Design and Portfolio.

One of the works of artist Niki de Saint Phalle (1930 – 2002) on display at the Missouri Botanical Garden (April 27 – October 31, 2008). Best known for her colorful, larger-than-life mosaic sculptures, crafted from fiberglass, stones, glass, mirrors and semi-precious materials, this French-born, New York-city raised artist was the only female member of the New Realists, Europe's most influential post-World War ii art movement.

This piece is sitting in the shadow of the Climatron, the MBG's geodesic dome which simulates a tropical, lowland rainforest.
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Canon EOS 40D
F/20.0
ISO 100
38 mm

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