{"product_id":"niki-de-saint-phalle-in-jill-dawsey-9780300260106","title":"Niki de Saint Phalle in the 1960s","description":"\u003cb\u003eA timely reassessment of the artist's early performances and feminist sculptures, affirming their radical engagements and art historical significance\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This volume is a focused look at two bodies of work, the \u003ci\u003eTirs\u003c\/i\u003e (\"shooting paintings\") and \u003ci\u003eNanas\u003c\/i\u003e (\"dames\"), in the experimental 1960s practice of the French-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002). Alongside a poetic response to the work, four essays treat Saint Phalle's oeuvre as works of radical performance and feminist art, as well as highlighting her transatlantic projects and collaborations. A chronology with photo-documentation and known participants details for the first time all \u003ci\u003eTirs\u003c\/i\u003e shooting events in Europe and the United States, and another timeline recaps Saint Phalle's life in the 1960s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTirs\u003c\/i\u003e were made by firing a .22 caliber rifle at the surfaces of paintings. The bullets pierced bags of pigment, aerosol paint cans, or even food embedded in dense assemblages covered in painted plaster. Saint Phalle's increasingly liberated female figures with outstretched arms, curvaceous forms, and powerful poses developed into her well-known \u003ci\u003eNanas\u003c\/i\u003e, an evolution contemporaneous with the rise of a Euro-American feminist movement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDistributed for the Menil Collection and the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExhibition Schedule: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMenil Collection, Houston\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e (September 10, 2021-January 23, 2022) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMuseum of Contemporary Art, San Diego\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e (April 9-July 17, 2022)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jill Dawsey, Michelle White\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300260105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300260106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Menil Foundation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/21\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.33h x 7.56w x 1.25d","brand":"Jill Dawsey","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44042566598911,"sku":"9780300260106","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5dc4f316-8197-4fc4-9396-614a6c6a6f1e.jpg?v=1684962278","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/niki-de-saint-phalle-in-jill-dawsey-9780300260106","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}