Niki de Saint Phalle shooting paintings

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:38 am

Niki de Saint Phalle
apparently there was a retrospective of her work at the Tate last fall. is it still there? did anyone see it?

I think her shooting paintings are pretty cool. not as much the finished painting as the spectacular performance aspect.

some videos. annoyingly overdubbed in german.

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nondas · Post by **nondas** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:56 am

Simpson's already did it:

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:05 am

haha awesome, that's like the reverse. she's acting against male oppression (or whatever, this was the 60s), the make-up gun in homer's hands is like the opposite, it's aim isn't destruction but beautification.

nondas · Post by **nondas** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:10 am

yes, but he's using a gun with paint.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:18 am

yea sorry, I meant that more like, "haha, that's cool", but now that I've looked at it again it reads more like "haha, silly you".

now edited for clarity.

nondas · Post by **nondas** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:39 am

No, not at all, I was being a dickhead. I just hope I haven't ruined your art thread, mage. Sorry bro. Just being a dickhead for lulz that's all.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:26 pm

oh ok. well fuck you then

nah, but really even if you were just fucking around it was a worthwhile post. it kind of did have something to say on the subject. and I don't see the thread flooding with responses anyway so yeah, cheers. =]

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:54 pm

I'd like to add William Seward Burroughs to this illustrious list:

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jamc_89 · Post by **jamc_89** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:26 pm

nondas wrote:Simpson's already did it:

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stewart · Post by **stewart** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:59 pm

benecol wrote:I'd like to add William Seward Burroughs to this illustrious list:

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/insert tasteless dead wife joke here/

poor old bill.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:06 pm

My first thought when the other fella bimbled over the the canvas was "Look out mate, he's got previous...".

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:12 pm

"whatever you do, don't offer him an apple..."