FREE RESERVATIONS

Farhang Foundation and the Museum of Contemporary Art
Present

A conversation with artist

Tala Madani

accompanied by guest curator Ali Subotnick and MOCA associate curator Rebecca Lowery

In person at the
The Geffen Contemporary by MOCA
152 North Central Avenue, Los Angeles

TALA MADANI: BISCUITS

on view through February 19, 2023

Featured artwork: Tala Madani, Chandelier, 2016

Tala Madani is a world-renowned artist whose indelible images bring together wide-ranging modes of critique and satire, prompting reflections on gender, political authority, and questions of who and what gets represented in art. Madani has taught at multiple educational institutions, including the University of Southern California, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten Amsterdam, and Bard College New York. She has been engaged as a visiting artist at the University of California Los Angeles, Yale University, Columbia University, University of California San Diego, and Oregon State University, amongst others. Madani has been the subject of solo exhibitions at numerous museums worldwide, including Start Museum, Shanghai (2020); Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (2019); Secession, Vienna (2019); Portikus, Frankfurt (2019); La Panace, Montpellier, France (2017); MITList Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2016); Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis (2016); Nottingham Contemporary, England (2014); and Moderna Museet, Malmand Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden (2013). Madani holds an MFA from Yale University.