The Death of the Patriarch

Niki Saint-Phalle

1962

Mixed media

160 x 251 x 40 cm

This work is representative of the artist's disliking for her father. It is about destruction of the patriarchy and the restoration of the matriarchy. She uses the red paint to symbolize the dripping of blood. This is done in a similar technique that was done in her Shots series where paint filled pockets were shot with a rifle adding to the destruction element of the piece.

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