Following the death of her husband, Jean Tinguely, in 1991, the artist Niki de Saint Phalle took a trip to New York City. She wrote: “Out of this journey came light. I had a vision of a painting exploding, then coming together—REJOINED.” From that vision, she created her “Tableaux Éclatés” series, exhibited in 1993. At first glance, these works appear to be still lifes adorned with animals and “Nanas”—the artist’s famously robust female figures—dancing across beaches and deserts. The paintings, however, are animated through a motorized system activated with a photo sensor. Symbols of life and death, such as flowers, spirals, and skulls, also populate the canvases, suggesting Saint Phalle’s struggle with the loss of her husband. Five Tableaux Éclatés, as well as several prints, are on display in this exhibition. —Jeanne Malle