Tala Madani
Overview
Tala Madani is best known for her paintings and animations featuring a band of bald men, in gonzo set pieces, who flay their penises, urinate, shit, and undertake physical tasks. In the animation Sex Ed by God, 2017 (as per the title) a man and child are given a sex education lesson by god, with events perforating the boundary between viewer and subject, eventually culminating in an unexpected moment of bodily erasure. Similarly, in Manual Man, 2019 a series of gnomic men are shown being transmogrified, one by one, into inanimate pieces of furniture. Madani revels in the grotesque as both a poignant and melancholic device.
Tala Madani (b. 1981) is an Iranian-American artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, California, USA. She graduated from Oregon State University with a BA in political science and visual arts before completing an MFA at the Yale University School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Selected exhibitions include: Let The Sunshine In, Pilar Corrias, London, UK, (2023); I won't be an egg which you would crack in a hurry for the world, Dat Bolwerck, Zutphen, Netherlands (2023); Biscuits, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA (2022); Corps, MAMOTH, London, UK (2021); It was if the Shadows Were Lit Up, Longlati Foundation, Shanghai, China (2021); Oven Light, Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany (2019); Corner Projections, 303 Gallery, New York, USA (2018). Amongst others.
Tala Madani (b. 1981) is an Iranian-American artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, California, USA. She graduated from Oregon State University with a BA in political science and visual arts before completing an MFA at the Yale University School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Selected exhibitions include: Let The Sunshine In, Pilar Corrias, London, UK, (2023); I won't be an egg which you would crack in a hurry for the world, Dat Bolwerck, Zutphen, Netherlands (2023); Biscuits, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA (2022); Corps, MAMOTH, London, UK (2021); It was if the Shadows Were Lit Up, Longlati Foundation, Shanghai, China (2021); Oven Light, Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany (2019); Corner Projections, 303 Gallery, New York, USA (2018). Amongst others.
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