Hadassah Emmerich, detail "Hips don’t lie". Photo by Dirk Pauwels

HADASSAH EMMERICH. EPICUREAN EDEN

WHAT IF WOMEN RULED THE WORLD? Part 2-ΕΜΣΤ New Commission

Foyer and Education Space – Mezzanine

Exhibitions cycle: WHAT IF WOMEN RULED THE WORLD? Part 2

Hadassah Emmerich has become known for her exuberant paintings, collages and murals that intricately weave stylized representations of exotic fruit, body parts and vegetal elements into bold fluid composition ornaments. Her work reflects an immersive and visceral exploration of the body and identity, navigating the realms of the sensory and the sensual while delving into the commodification of desire and the exotic. The sensuality of her painting resides not only on the resplendent surface of the image, but also in her refined use of colour and deft technical execution. To this effect, Emmerich has devised a new painting technique whereby she creates cut-outs from vinyl flooring, covers them with ink and then impresses them onto canvas, paper or a wall. Referring to the visual language of advertising and Pop Αrt, the artist has fashioned a highly characteristic, kaleidoscopic, post-Internet fluid aesthetic, which depicts the paradox of simultaneous attraction and repulsion, intimacy and cool detachment, seduction and critique.

For the first presentation of her work in Greece, Emmerich has created a new installation which covers part of the Μuseum’s frieze on the ground floor foyer and a large part of the Museum’s Department of Education space, transforming it entirely. The result is both an immersive and colorful Gesamtkunstwerk, but also an ideal, welcoming environment for children.

Artistic production | Coordination: Yannis Arvanitis

BIOGRAPHY

Hadassah Emmerich studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Maastricht, HISK Flanders and Goldsmiths College, London. Recent exhibitions include: Skin of the Shapeshifter, SUPRAINFINIT, Bucharest (2023); Botanical Body Bliss, Galerie Ron Mandos Amsterdam (2023); False Flat, Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht (2022); Abrasive Paradise, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, NL (2022); Trailblazers, 150 years Royal Award for Painting, Royal Palace, Amsterdam (2021); BXL Universel II: multipli.city, CENTRALE for Contemporary Art, Brussels (2021), BuahTangan, ISA Art Gallery, Jakarta (2020); The Great Ephemeral Skin, De Garage, Mechelen (2019). Her work is held in numerous public collections including the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, the Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, MuZee, Oostende, The Flemish Parliament and the Federal Government Collections, Brussels, Gemeentemuseum and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague and the Museum for Modern Art, Arnhem, NL.

PRESS MATERIAL

SUPPORTED BY

The exhibition Hadassah Emmerich forms part of the Residency Program of the Project SUB 6.4, “Actions to promote Greek cultural exports and strengthen the Greek cultural name by the National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens”, which is implemented within the framework of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan “Greece 2.0”, funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU.

Hadassah Emmerich’s project is supported by the Mondriaan Fund.