Pablo´s Birthday gallery 526 canal street New York, NY 10013

PULSE Contemporary Art Fair is the leading US art fair dedicated solely to contemporary art. Through its annual editions in Miami and New York, PULSE provides a unique platform for diverse galleries to present a progressive blend of renowned and pioneering contemporary artists, alongside an evolving series of original programming. The fair’s distinctive commitment to the art community and visitor experience makes PULSE unique among art fairs and creates an art market experience that is both dynamic and inviting.

DARK MATTERS
Sven Drühl, Claas Gutsche, Eckart Hahn
Paintings, linocut, sculpture, installation

KUNSTVEREIN ULM I 20.1.-3.3.2013
Opening: Saturday 19 January 2013, 19 clock
Welcome: Dr. Hartmut Dippel, Chairman
Opening Lecture: Monika Machnicki MA, Director of Exhibitions

This year’s October Salon will be located at the building of the former Geodetic Institute, built in 1905-
1907 as the Belgrade Shareholders’ Association, one of the most beautiful but also one of the most neglected
monumental edifices in Belgrade. This inspirational location will be used as a space of ad hoc
transformation, where the works will be “implanted” in its present condition and in its existing historical
narrative and architectural design.
The exhibition GOOD LIFE — Physical narratives and spatial imaginations confronts the changes and
challenges of the past 20 years, and running, of course. It is a collection of site-specific works that faces the
dilemmas of our contemporary lives, the mess we are in, and the hopes we try to hold on to or to re-generate.

At Storefront Bushwick. Artists include: Pedro Barbeito, [dNASAb], Cliff Evans, Carla Gannis, Shane Hope, Michael Rees, John F. Simon Jr., Vargas-Suarez Universal, Oliver Warden, and Marius Watz.
*Also save the date: There will be a Colliding Complexities Panel Discussion hosted by Digital Artist and DDA Chairperson Peter Patchen @ **Pratt Institute, Tuesday, October 2 from 6:30-8:30 pm. **
The goals of this exhibition are to define the parameters of the “New Aesthetic” in relation to the fine arts, to highlight the non “digital native” artists who are the passionate “frontiersmen” of the “NEW” in their decision to adopt the tools of the “NOW,” and to encourage further discourse and collaboration in the delineation of what constitutes the “New Aesthetic” in contemporary art.

For his third solo-exhibition at Bartha Contemporary, German artist Frank Gerritz (B. 1964) will premiere a suite of works entitled ”Dark Spaces / Light Spaces” alongside two recent paint-stick on anodised aluminium wall-sculptures. The exhibition juxtaposes two distinct bodies of works, which showcase the artist’s unparalleled ability to capture light, either within a highly constructed composition or as in his latest work though a subtle move towards a painterly practice. A recent drawing on paper completes the installation.

Featuring Thorsten Brinkmann, Henrik Eiben, frank Gerritz, Eckart Hahn, and Mark Lueders.

Using acrylic as his chosen medium, German painter Eckart Hahn creates large-scale canvases that can make you imagine the crinkling sound of a deflated birthday balloon. His ability to precisely render textures and fabrics defies the boundaries between the senses, making the viewer feel as if he or she can feel and hear the flowing sheets of plastic rub against a crow’s soft feathers or a cat’s rippling fur.

The snapshot quality of Hahn’s realistic compositions creates the sensation of watching an animal barge in on what was a carefully-arranged still life. Yet, the animals exude an aura of calm, as if they are at peace with these odd plastic habitats. Take a look at some images courtesy of Pablo’s Birthday.

READ FULL REVIEW HERE:
http://hifructose.com/2012/06/26/the-art-of-eckart-hahn/

Today’s facial recognition technology is making strides in distinguishing, literally, a face in the crowd. Its algorithms are built into many sites and apps, proving to be a helpful tool in managing images of friends and family. However, it also raises questions about trust, identity and intrusion, for example, when our own images appear without our permission on someone else’s Facebook page.

Artist Carla Gannis explores these issues in The Non-Facial Recognition Project, her experiment in “facial recognition subversion.” Gannis asked her Twitter network to send her their profile photos with the expressed purpose of “scrambling” the images and in effect making new identities unrecognizable to either the donors or to the technology. Through this project, participants place their likenesses and their identities in her hands, much like the trust we place every day in the technology itself. To read more, download the full brochure here.

An initiative that takes online debates into real-space at the Flux gallery. Four highly opinionated panelists will illustrate their arguments with images, web references, and other materials in a rapid-fire way that challenges convictions on critical issues. Audience members can expect spontaneous responses, frustrated rebuttals, and even permitted “smack down” sessions.

Pablo's Birthday will show Frank Gerritz, Karsten Konrad, Kristian Kozul, Eckart Hahn, and Marc Lueders at booth C3 of PULSE NY 2012

A show of 25 artist's who's work is in a direct context of Nature. Daniel Spoerri curated the show as a comment on his current exhibition at the "Naturhistorisches Museum Vienna". He calls it "incompetent dialogue".

The Jester of Vienna, opens Pablo's Birthday's new space at 25 Cleveland place with a raucous affair
Please join us.

VOLTA NY -
AN INVITATIONAL SOLO PROJECT FAIR FOR CONTEMPORARY ART
THURSDAY, MARCH 8 - SUNDAY MARCH 11, 2012 / WWW.VOLTASHOW.COM
PUBLIC HOURS- MARCH 8, 2PM-7PM
MARCH 9-11 - 11AM-7PM
LOCATION 7W 34TH STREET, NY, NY.
OPPOSITE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING

Eckart Hahn
December 10, 2011 – February 26, 2012
Der schwarze Duft der Schönheit - Malerei
(The Black Scent Of Beauty - painting)
We are pleased to announce Eckart Hahn's museum show at the Kunstmuseum Heidenheim.

The George Gallery
354 Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA, 92651
opening reception, Feb 2, 2012 6-9
The grand opening of The George Gallery with the show ACCOMPLISHED features seven female artists: Carla Gannis, Susan Jamison, Lisa Stefanelli, Soledad Pinto, Magdalena Atria, Livia Marin, Talin Megherian.
The artists featured in Accomplished belong to prestigious museum collections such as the MOCA in Los Angeles, The Indianapolis Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts in Taipei. Each artist has enjoyed solo shows around the globe and participated in eminent biennials and many have been critically acclaimed by heavyweights such as the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times.

Pablo's Birthday is will proudly present the work of gallery artist Henrik Eiben at the 2012 VOLTA NY in New York City, Thu, March 8th - Sun, March 11th. VOLTA NY is an invitational solo project fair for contemporary art.
From the fairs website -
"By putting the focus back on artists through exclusively featuring solo projects, VOLTA NY promotes a deep exploration of the work of its selected projects, an opportunity for discoveries that move beyond those afforded by a traditional art fair. While many fairs provide a broader overview, with more represented artists in each booth, visitors to VOLTA NY compare the experience to a more focused series of intense studio visits"

Pablo's Birthday is proud to announce that Frank Gerritz is the 2011 winner of Hamburg's prestigious Edwin Scharff Preis. The official award ceremony will take place beginning of November at the Hamburger Kunsthalle.
On the occasion of the prize the Hamburger Kunsthalle will also host a SOLO SHOW in the museum:
"Time Code", solo show, Hamburger Kunsthalle, November 5, 2011 until January 8, 2012.

Eckart Hahn opens his second Museum Show of 2011 in Germany on September 15th in Erlangen. After a highly celebrated show in the Kunstmuseum Bochum this summer the Kunstpalais Erlangen shows a even wider body of his work. The works are on loan from collectors from Europe and the USA. A book of Eckart Hahns work will be published to accompany the show by Koenig Books. The museum show will travel to Kunstmuseum Heidenheim and after that to the Staedtische Kunstmuseum Singen.
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For any inquiries please contact the Gallery. **

Karsten Konrad has transformed Pablo's Birthday into a working wood shop and studio, and has been diligently working for the months of August and September in preparation for his upcoming exhibition "GUTTER PEARLS", at Pablo's Birthday, opening September 15th.