FLUXLIST: Niki De Saint Phalle's Tarot Garden

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"The enlargement of my models was made perfectly with a medieval eye, 
by Jean Tinguely and Doc Winsen. All of the monumental sculptures' 
armatures were made from welded steel bars, formed by brute strength on 
the knees of the crew.  The first crew who welded in the garden were:  
Jean Tinguely, Rico Weber and Seppi Imhof.  They built the Sphinx, The 
High Priestress and the Magician.  The Pope was started by Doc Winsen 
and finished by Jean Tinguely, it was Jean's favorite sculpture of all 
the garden.
The second half of the Tarot Garden;  The Emperor's Castle, The Sun, 
The Dragon (Strength), and The Tree of Life (The Hanged Man) were 
welded by Doc Winsen, a Dutch artist.  Doc was assisted by Tonino Urtis.

Next came Ugo, the postman, who began by making stone paths, and then 
graduated to putting the wire mesh on the steel structures to receive 
the cement.  Later Ugo would ask me to try his hand at putting the 
mirrors on the sculptures.  He has become a poet of putting on mirrors. 
 He's always always afraid there would be no more work for him.  I have 
made the solemn promise that I would make sure that there was always 
something new to do each year, and if I run out of ideas, I will make a 
wall of China around the garden that should take several generations to 
finish. "

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