• Braided Beard 2007
  • Oil on canvas
  • Painting
  • 30 * 40 cm
  •  signed with the artist's initials and dated 'TM 07' (on the reverse)
Estimation
HK$50,000
6,452 USD
- HK$70,000
9,032 USD
Realized Price
HK$327,600
42,271 USD
446%
Artwork Description

 Drawing on her Iranian heritage where strict social etiquette creates a division between the sexes, Tala Madani’s cloistered gatherings of men are humorously imagined through an ironic portrayal of girl-culture, emasculated against a backdrop of traditionally female rituals such as sleepovers and spa treatments. In Braided Beard Madani envisions a barber shop as a setting for camped-up erotica in the form of an unsolicited pampering session. This playful distortion of cultural and sexual identity is rendered in lush painterly expressionism and loose, almost comical line drawing, lending it both humanizing innocence and humorous nonchalance. Sporting bright printed fabrics, Madani’s men are segregated from reality into a realm of hyperbolized storytelling and darkly comic allegory. 
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Artist Performance at Auctions

Realized Price 20,161 USD
Min Estimate 11,503 USD
Max Estimate 16,990 USD
Average Artwork Worth
+50.207%
 
Average Growth of Artwork Worth
Sales Performance Against Estimates
Average & Median Sold Lot Value
2020 - 2024
Performance vs. Estimate
2020 - 2024
Sell-through Rate
2020 - 2024
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