The Paradise sculpture group by Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely

Le Paradis fantastique, a creation by Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely, was donated by the artists to Moderna Museet in Stockholm in 1971. The monumental sculpture group is located next to Svensksundsvägen below the Moderna Museet on Skeppsholmen.

From the beginning, the group was located further down toward Skeppsholmsbron. After criticism and protests led by the activist movement Flytta Paradiset, the group was moved in 1986 to its current location below the old drill ground at Moderna Museet on Skeppsholmen. The group was conserved in 1997.

Le Paradis consists of 16 components. Nine of these pieces are made of fiberglass-reinforced plastic, and seven are mobile machines made of iron. Today, the group remains a prominent work of art at the museum.

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