Tala Madani: RIP Image: Moderna Museet, Malmö, Sweden

16 Februar - 14 April 2013

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Tala Madani works with painting and animation, and the exhibition at Moderna Museet Malmö is her largest museum exhibition to date. A wide selection of paintings, works on paper and several animations will be presented in the Turbine Hall.

In her oeuvre Tala Madani (born 1981) addresses political subjects, including power structures, masculinity and group dynamics. The contrast between humour and seriousness, play and harsh reality is ever-present in Madani’s artistic rendering of veritably ritualistic, often absurd situations that oscillate between the figurative and the abstract. Madani’s small paintings invite the viewer to attend situations in which the power structures and masculine roles are inverted. The men interact in ways that move us from laughter to reflection. Complex structures and emotional layers are added to each other until the given outcomes are annulled. Tala Madani’s larger paintings often portray large groups of people, abstract gatherings where the individual is partly obliterated.