“How do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset value?”
- Fed Chair, Alan Greenspan, December 1996
Former Chairman Greenspan’s rhetorical question catalyzed worldwide economic slumps, and “irrational exuberance” became a symbol of the overvalued markets that preceded the current recession. In Irrational Exuberance: A Recession Art Show, on view April 30 to May 8 at the Invisible Dog Art Center in Brooklyn, artists examine seemingly rational systems of mass belief or delusion.
Curated by Bradley Bailey, Irrational Exuberance features work by Paloma Crousillat, Tate Foley, Nikita Gale, Danny Ghitis, James Gillispie, Ani Katz, Sam Keller, Ely Kim, Conrad Kofron, The Ladies’ Auxiliary, Alma Leiva, Azusa Murakami, David Needleman, Johanna Povirk-Znoy, Jay Peter Salvas, Holly Streekstra, Gabriela Vainsencher, and Anusha Venkataraman.
