“As in all fairy tales, before I found the treasure, I met dragons, witches, magicians and the angel of temperance along the way. “Niki de Saint Phalle<\/p>\n
While researching the Dior archives, Maria Grazia Chiuri, Artistic Director of the women’s collections, became interested in a series of photographs by Niki de Saint Phalle. In one of them, the artist is seen riding a camel; in others, she poses for Dior, in the era of Marc Bohan, her great friend, then head of the House’s creations. Embodying the beauty of her time, slender and strong, more adolescent than androgynous, she asserted a sartorial style that was both iconic and personal, contemporary in its proportions and impertinence. Her life seems worthy of a novel. At a time of women’s emancipation, Niki de Saint Phalle embarked on a body-to-body confrontation with art, the world and herself. Like all artists, she was driven by her emotions. It is this feminine creativity that speaks to Maria Grazia Chiuri.
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