Blackboard (Vertical Gestures)
Blackboard (Vertical Gestures)

Tala Madani

Blackboard (Vertical Gestures), 2021152.4 x 304.8 x 3.2cmSign in to view price
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oil on linenPilar Corrias
Description
Human-crafted. AI-refined.

This contemporary artwork uses a chalkboard medium to depict a whimsical and thought-provoking scene. The composition features a central figure of a uniformed officer, surrounded by figures in various stages of evolution or transformation. The chalky white lines and shapes create a sense of movement and fluidity, contrasting with the solid, institutional figure in the center. The piece appears to explore themes of social change, power structures, and the human condition. While the style is simple and expressive, the artwork challenges the viewer to consider the complex relationship between the individual and the collective. ...

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Tala Madani
Artist
Tala Madani
B.1981, Iranian/American

Tala Madani’s painted canvases and animations conjure up enigmatic scenes, often populated by anoymous male figures. These men appear as if on stage where, apparently unconcerned about whether they are being watched, they laugh at each other, touch each other, paint each other, and even torment each other. Masculinity is deconstructed in Madani’s work. She breaks down preconceived roles and stereotypes to explore power structures and the construction of male identity. The men in her painting and animations enact pitiable, compulsive violations on their flabby, ageing bodies. Humour punctuates the tension of these awkward situations, but laughter is never a simple release in Madani’s work: comedy and humiliation uncomfortably coexist. ...

Tala Madani: Artworks
Untitled
Tala Madani
Untitled, 2021
40.6 x 49.5 x 2.5cm
Untitled
Tala Madani
Untitled, 2021
40 x 58.4 x 2.5cm
Untitled
Tala Madani
Untitled, 2021
51.4 x 43.2 x 2.5cm
Blackboard (Vertical Gestures)
Tala Madani
Blackboard (Vertical Gestures), 2021
152.4 x 304.8 x 3.2cm
Perfect Copy I
Tala Madani
Perfect Copy I, 2021
99.7 x 80 x 2.5cm
Shit Mom (Zed)
Tala Madani
Shit Mom (Zed), 2021
40.6 x 38.1 x 2.5cm
Pilar Corrias
Gallery
Pilar Corrias
London, London

Pilar Corrias Gallery is a contemporary art gallery owned by Pilar Corrias. The 3,800 square foot gallery in London's Fitzrovia, designed by Rem Koolhaas, is made up of two exhibition spaces, located in the heart of London's West End. Pilar Corrias opened a second London gallery space at 2 Savile Row in July 2021, designed by London and Oslo-based architect firm Hesselbrand. Since its inception, the gallery has worked with emerging and established artists with the central aim of allowing their work to grow both in terms of production of new projects and the making of new exhibitions. Pilar Corrias now represents a total of thirty-two international artists, two-thirds of whom are female. ...

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