The present work belongs to Tala Madani’s Dazzle Men series, first exhibited at Pilar Corrias, London, in 2009. The title of the series refers to Dazzle Ships or Dazzle Camouflage, a technique employed in World War I to confuse the targeting of U-Boat commanders. War ships were decorated with complex patterns of geometric shapes in contrasting colours, which interrupted and intersected each other; instead of concealing the ships, the intention was to dazzle and mislead the enemy. This technique was linked to the contemporaneous avant-garde art scene, with artists such as Edward Wadsworth overseeing the design and painting of 2,000 ships. In her works from the Dazzle Men series, Madani has employed her dark humour to create uncanny mise-en-scènes, featuring groups of bald men in varying sizes, engaged in absurd attempts at camouflage which manifest in playful and often perverse microcosms.