Artwork Deep Dives

La Dolce Overdose (2012)

Artist
Marwan Chamaa
Author
Stephanie Pickover
Published
4 March 2025

“You talk like Marlene Dietrich and you dance like Zizi Jeanmaire. Your clothes are all made by Balmain and there's diamonds and pearls in your hair… But where do you go to my lovely when you're alone in your bed. Tell me the thoughts that surround you, I want to look inside your head.” Peter Sarstedt (1969) [1] “Affluenza: a painful, contagious, socially transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety, and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of more.” John de Graaf (2001) [2]

The vibrant, thought-provoking Middle Eastern Neo-Pop Art work with cutting social commentary on consumer culture and a dash of ironic kitsch.