Velvet Lava Lotus

Hadassah Emmerich

Info: Hadassah Emmerich is known for her multi-layered works that explore the body and identity. Her first solo exhibition at COSAR, entitled Velvet Lava Lotus, evokes a vivid constellation of textures and states: velvety softness, molten flow, and the unfolding bloom of a lotus. Together, these images suggest surfaces that swell, open, and transform, creating an atmosphere in which sensuality and materiality converge. Emmerich’s practice lies at the intersection of painting, printmaking, and installation. She explores how ornament, the body, and surface function as carriers of desire, projection, and cultural memory. Over the past decade she has developed a hybrid process in which hand-cut vinyl stencils are used to transfer imagery directly onto canvas, producing layered compositions in which repetition and variation unfold simultaneously. (…) Joint opening of the Flingern galleries.