Niki de Saint Phalle shooting with a .22 rifle in...

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Niki de Saint Phalle shooting with a .22 rifle in the Impasse Ronsin, Paris, 1961.
“As victims, I choose my paintings,” said French artist Niki de Saint Phalle, who would suspend balloons of paint or beer cans from her artwork and shoot at them. The bullets would splatter the paint and puncture canvases.
Shunk-Kender, © Lichtenstein Foundation

Niki de Saint Phalle shooting with a .22 rifle in the Impasse Ronsin, Paris, 1961.

“As victims, I choose my paintings,” said French artist Niki de Saint Phalle, who would suspend balloons of paint or beer cans from her artwork and shoot at them. The bullets would splatter the paint and puncture canvases.

Shunk-Kender, © Lichtenstein Foundation