Monday, November 12, 2012
Queen Calafia's Magical Garden
The following photos we took on Saturday, at Kit Carson Park, in Escondido. They are of the sculpture garden created by Niki de Saint Phalle. She was a French artist of reknown who died in 2002, shortly after finishing this garden, one of four, and the only one in the United States. She used tiles, stones, mirrors, and other materials to create her larger than life figures.
Later, we toured several art galleries - the Second Saturday open gallery night. We were impressed by the core of energetic artists in Escondido. The complimentary food and wine didn't hurt, either!
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I love these! And I love the Baba & Gail Cubist Self-Portrait. This same artist had a long-running sculpture exhibit at the Missouri Botanical Garden. Kids were invited to climb and play all over the sculptures. I have many fond memories of marveling at her sculptures while dashing around making sure my kids didn't fall off of them. :)
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