The Emo Show
March 29—May 11, 2013
Curated by Jaishri Abichandani with team Derrick Adams, Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, Maymanah Farhat, Edwin Ramoran, Jasmine Wahi, Raul Zamudio
Samira Abbassy
Ibrahim Ahmed III
Firelei Baez
Ruby Chishti
Annabel Daou
Dahlia Elsayed
Chitra Ganesh
Julie Heffernan
Musa Hixson
Emma K. McCagg
Rafael T. Melendez
Dmitry Morozov
Kevork Mourad
Petros Pappalas
Antonia Perez
Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz
Sumayyah Samaha
Larilyn Sanchez
Hiba Schahbaz
Shane Aslan Selzer
Edgar Serrano
Teresa Serrano
Wojtek Ulrich
William Villalongo
Roberto Visani
Richard Oliver Wilson
EFA Project Space announces The Emo Show, a dynamic curatorial experiment conceived of and organized by artist and curator Jaishri Abichandani. The Emo Show brings together a diverse group of New York City based curators who have been asked to present artists’ work based on its personal, emotional impact.
Abichandani borrows ancient Indian aesthetic codes for the organizational framework of the exhibition. Rasa Theory is an ancient Indian philosophy used to classify emotional states elicited by aesthetic experiences. Generally broken down into the following categories: Love, Valor, Grief, Humor, Wonder, Fear, Revulsion, Anger, Tranquility; works are created and presented utilizing a coded system where specific colors and symbols represent and evoke these particular feelings within the viewer. Using this system, each curator chooses local emerging and mid-career artists to present in The Emo Show.
EVENTS
Friday, April 26, 6:30pm
The Emo Show Curatorial Walk-Through
Friday, May 10, 7:00pm
Comfort Potluck
Teresa Serrano, La Piñata, 2003. Video still.
MATERIALS
