Niki de Saint Phalle is a multidisciplinary Franco-American artist. She was the only female member of the Nouveau Réalisme movement, alongside artists like Yves Klein and her second husband, Jean Tinguely.

In the early 60s, she dared to combine art and destruction by creating her iconic "Tir" series, which allowed visitors to shoot at her sculptures filled with paint, fuelling a chaotic and liberating spectacle.

One of her most famous "Tir" exhibitions, "Hon – en katedral" in Sweden, invited visitors to participate in the creation process, leaving their own mark of colour and creativity, whilst blurring the line between the artist and the viewer.

Niki once said, "I express myself through colour, and colour is the most beautiful thing in the world." These words resonate in her Nana sculptures, created in the late 60s and early 70s. These vibrant and voluptuous figures challenge conventional notions of femininity and become a symbol of women's emancipation and body positivity, highlighting the artist's belief that "a work of art should always make you feel stronger, not weaker."