Smiley has no nose
2015
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased NGV Foundation with the assistance of Anthony Adair and Karen McLeod Adair, 2017
© Courtesy of David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Gallery location
- Not on display
About this work
Rich in narrative and irony, Tala Madani’s work depicts darkly comic and often theatrical stories featuring bald, middle- aged men as the main protagonists. In each of these three paintings, any supposed authority of the men is undermined in a critique of power relations, including that of male privilege. Madani upsets art-historical conventions, openly embracing caricature, gags and disarming visual simplicity. Her approach demonstrates a contemporary sense of sequencing, movement and speed influenced by cartoons, cinema, videos and television.
Artwork Details
Purchased NGV Foundation with the assistance of Anthony Adair and Karen McLeod Adair, 2017
© Courtesy of David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA