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ArchiveBorn 1981 in Tehran, Iran
Lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tala Madani lives and works in Amsterdam, yet her work continues to draw
on Iranian society. Madani¹s richly exuberant paintings are witty
fusions of the political and personal that evoke Abstract Expressionism,
political cartooning and Persian miniatures, through their mixing of formal
and narrative styles. Pain, inflicted by others or sometimes
self-inflicted, religion, extremism and ³the unbearable lightness of sacrifice² are the
driving forces of Madani¹s powerful images.
Madani recently completed a residency at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. Her current and recent exhibitions include The Generational: Younger than Jesus, The New Museum, New York; Unveiled: New Art from the Middle East, The Saatchi Gallery, London and an upcoming exhibition at The Irish Museum of Modern Art.
 Tala Madani, Finding Zebra, oil on linen, 40 x 50 cm, 2008. |
