In this visceral oil painting, Tala Madani depicts a solitary figure in an ambiguous, confrontational stance, rendered in her characteristically raw and expressive brushwork. The work employs a limited, murky palette to create a tension between the comedic and the unsettling, a hallmark of Madani's exploration of power, the body, and performance. *Pose* invites questions about self-presentation and vulnerability, as the figure seems simultaneously aware of and destabilized by its own act of being seen.