Lot Essay
Das Jahr 1960 war für den Objektkünstler und Begründer der Eat Art Daniel Spoerri ein besonderes. Hier gründete er gemeinsam mit Yves Klein, Arman César, Jean Tinguely und Niki de Saint Phalle die Gruppe der Nouveaux Réalistes und arbeitete erstmalig an plastischen Kunstwerken. Dieses Werk a te plaît Niki?, 1960, ein Versöhnungsgeschenk von Spoerri an Niki de Saint Phalle, stammt ebenfalls aus dem Jahr 1960 und zählt zu den Objektassemblagen gefundener Gegenstände. Der Zufall komponiert bei Spoerri solche Realstilleben.
1960 was a special year for the object artist and founder of "Eat Art", Daniel Spoerri. It was then that he, together with Yves Klein, Arman César, Jean Tinguely and Niki de Saint Phalle, founded the New Realism art movement and began to work on three-dimensional artworks. This piece, a the plaît Niki?, 1960 a conciliatory gift from Spoerri to Niki de Saint Phalle, is also from 1960 and is a part of the assemblage of found objects. For Spoerri, chance is the agent that creates such realistic still-lifes.
1960 was a special year for the object artist and founder of "Eat Art", Daniel Spoerri. It was then that he, together with Yves Klein, Arman César, Jean Tinguely and Niki de Saint Phalle, founded the New Realism art movement and began to work on three-dimensional artworks. This piece, a the plaît Niki?, 1960 a conciliatory gift from Spoerri to Niki de Saint Phalle, is also from 1960 and is a part of the assemblage of found objects. For Spoerri, chance is the agent that creates such realistic still-lifes.