Lights in the living room
2017
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
35.7 × 40.8 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by David Clouston and Michael Schwarz, 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
Place/s of Execution
Los Angeles, California, United States
Inscription
inscribed in fibre-tipped pen on reverse u.r.: (…illeg.) 2017
Accession Number
2017.1019
Department
Contemporary Art
Subjects (general)
Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
feminism living rooms men (male humans) seated figures simplicity (artistic concept) sofas
Movements
Contemporary (style of art)