A read that checks all the boxes of a deeply, deeply captivating 40 minute profile of not just one incredibly complex and dynamic artist ~ multiple. Funny, daring, provocative, authentic, persevering.
Packed with too many outstanding quotes and highlights to even begin to choose one so I just stuck with the first that grabbed me as a reader…some of the best still lie in for discovery.
She made a decision: “If I didn’t want to be a second-class citizen, I would have to go out into the world and fight to impose myself as an artist.”
”Whether or not people think it’s art doesn’t matter to me,” Saint Phalle said.
Beyond a 10. Irreverent, unconventional, original, shocking - a woman way ahead of her time. And there is always a cost for that. A stint in an insane asylum and horribly dysfunctional families. Art was her only salvation.
A read that checks all the boxes of a deeply, deeply captivating 40 minute profile of not just one incredibly complex and dynamic artist ~ multiple. Funny, daring, provocative, authentic, persevering.
Packed with too many outstanding quotes and highlights to even begin to choose one so I just stuck with the first that grabbed me as a reader…some of the best still lie in for discovery.
This was exceptional Dellwood - I was entranced!
Beyond a 10. Irreverent, unconventional, original, shocking - a woman way ahead of her time. And there is always a cost for that. A stint in an insane asylum and horribly dysfunctional families. Art was her only salvation.