Why did Niki create smaller pieces?
from Missouri Botanical Garden - Niki 2008 Hosted by Missouri Botanical Garden
On Guide: n21 Sculpture: Oiseau amoreux Location: Climatron Niki was prolific in her production of large-scale sculpture and entire environments of art. But she also wanted to create pieces on a domestic scale that people could have in their homes. Chairs, Grand lphant vase, and even the Oiseau amoureux are examples of this period of her work. Oiseau amoureux inside the Climatron was originally designed to be a giant kite for a worldwide traveling kite exhibition in 1988. Birds had a constant theme in Nikis workshe said some were immoral, sad, triumphant, hungry...or even in love.
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