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Born 1981 Tehran, Iran. Known for: Satirical painting of contemporary culture.
Tala Madani was born in Tehran, Iran in 1981. She skewers stereotypes in her sharply satirical paintings that evoke clashes of culture: men and women, the rational and the absurd, Western and... Read full biography
Tala Madani was born in Tehran, Iran in 1981. She skewers stereotypes in her sharply satirical paintings that evoke clashes of culture: men and women, the rational and the absurd, Western and non-Western. Madani’s figurative paintings often feature a riotous cast of middle-aged men, balding and... Read full biography
Tala Madani was born in Tehran, Iran in 1981. She skewers stereotypes in her sharply satirical paintings that evoke clashes of culture: men and women, the rational and the absurd, Western and non-Western. Madani’s figurative paintings often feature a riotous cast of middle-aged men, balding and stocky, whose libidinal mayhem wreaks havoc on any situation the artist thrusts them into. Acerbic caricatures of both machismo and a childlike desire for mischief, the physical comedy at work in... Read full biography
Tala Madani was born in Tehran, Iran in 1981. She skewers stereotypes in her sharply satirical paintings that evoke clashes of culture: men and women, the rational and the absurd, Western and non-Western. Madani’s figurative paintings often feature a riotous cast of middle-aged men, balding and stocky, whose libidinal mayhem wreaks havoc on any situation the artist thrusts them into. Acerbic caricatures of both machismo and a childlike desire for mischief, the physical comedy at work in Madani’s paintings is anchored by intense pleasures, pathos, and a pervasive sense of violence. The history of painting itself is also a target in Madani’s witty works, with spread-eagled characters resembling Color Field* paintings, or characters wearing... Read full biography
Tala Madani was born in Tehran, Iran in 1981. She skewers stereotypes in her sharply satirical paintings that evoke clashes of culture: men and women, the rational and the absurd, Western and non-Western. Madani’s figurative paintings often feature a riotous cast of middle-aged men, balding and stocky, whose libidinal mayhem wreaks havoc on any situation the artist thrusts them into. Acerbic caricatures of both machismo and a childlike desire for mischief, the physical comedy at work in Madani’s paintings is anchored by intense pleasures, pathos, and a pervasive sense of violence. The history of painting itself is also a target in Madani’s witty works, with spread-eagled characters resembling Color Field* paintings, or characters wearing stripes appearing to be both prisoners and Minimalist* abstractions. Painted with quick gestures, where oozing paint often doubles... Read full biography
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Keywords (11)
Art Method
- •Painting, Fine Art
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Caricatures
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Satire, Parody
- •Symbolism, Iconography, Ceremonial
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Iran
Art School
- •Yale University School of Fine Art and Architecture, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award, Fellowship
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Iranian
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Venice Biennale