中文简介：

本书伴随伊朗艺术家Tala Madani在北美的首次展览而出版。该展览由洛杉矶现代艺术博物馆（MOCA）组织，汇集了艺术家Madani15年的绘画、动画和素描作品，突出了Madani艺术中经常出现的荒谬的社会文化动态，更广泛地说，是艺术史和全球历史之间容易出现摩擦的复杂关系。本书是迄今为止关于Madani作品较为全面的出版物。从2005年至今，Madani主要系列的绘画和动画作品包括大约80张图版，还有40张Madani以前未发表的素描本图片，这些图片提供了一个难得的机会，让人们看到艺术家创作她的荒诞人物的丰富过程。这本画册还收录了Madani和展览的客座策展人Ali Subotnick之间的对话，以及MOCA助理策展人Rebecca Lowery、洛杉矶知名作家Maggie Nelson和巴德学院策展研究中心副教授Evan Calder Williams的新文章。书中的文章从个人到批判，包括对母亲身份和性政治的思考，以及在艺术史上对Madani的作品的背景介绍。本书与洛杉矶现代艺术博物馆共同出版。

英文简介：

Tala Madani:Biscuits' accompanies the first North American survey of the Iranian-born artist's paintings, animations, and drawings. Organized by The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), the exhibition brings together fifteen years of the artist's incisive work, highlighting the often-absurd socio-cultural dynamics enacted within Madani's art and, more broadly, the potent and combustible relationship between art history and global history. The publication is the most comprehensive on Madani's work to date. Paintings and animations from Madani's major series dating from 2005 to the present are represented by approximately 80 plates, along with 40 images of Madani's heretofore unpublished sketchbook drawings, which offer a rare look at the rich process by which the artist develops her ribald menagerie of characters. The catalogue also features a conversation between Madani and Ali Subotnick, guest curator of the exhibition, as well as new essays by Rebecca Lowery, MOCA Assistant Curator; Maggie Nelson, acclaimed Los Angeles-based writer; and Evan Calder Williams, Associate Professor at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College. Essays in the book range from personal to critical, encompassing contemplations of motherhood and sexual politics, as well as contextualizing Madani's work in art history. Co-published with The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.