Dorothy Podber, a survivor of the Fifties avant-garde, one day entered the Factory, (Andy Warhol's studio) and aimed her gun at Andy Warhol, before swivelling to the stack of Marilyn Monroe portraits against the wall and pressing the trigger.
As one Factory devotee breathily recounted, "..she then put her pistol back, pulled on her gloves, gathered her followers, and left".
This stylish event was regarded as an art 'happening'. For the bullets penetrated six paintings, which are now called "shot-through Marilyns". They are more valuable than ordinary Marilyns! Iconisied by a gun, it could only be America.
As one Factory devotee breathily recounted, "..she then put her pistol back, pulled on her gloves, gathered her followers, and left".
This stylish event was regarded as an art 'happening'. For the bullets penetrated six paintings, which are now called "shot-through Marilyns". They are more valuable than ordinary Marilyns! Iconisied by a gun, it could only be America.
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