An artist he has long loved and admired, artist Jonathan Baldock quickly gravitated towards Niki de Saint Phalle when asked to choose a work to discuss from the David and Indrė Roberts Collection. The topic of discussion is her small sculpture Nana Danseuse made around 1972.
He is interested in both the joyous celebration of female figures and the (at times overlooked) politicised, feminist activism and trauma that is also present in de Saint Phalle's practice. There are formal crossovers in Baldock and de Saint Phalle's practices too, both being rich with references, sparking conversation about her Tarot Garden in Italy and the act of collecting 'mundane things' as a child including stamps, coins and even bird sightings.
