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Autumn
Day
Oil on canvas
31 1/2" x 39 1/2" |
Breakfast
in the Open Air
Oil on canvas 27 1/2" x 35 1/2"
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Blue I
Oil on paper on canvas
19 3/4" x 27 1/2"
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Pink Dream
Oil on canvas 41 1/3" x 31 1/2"
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Still Life
with Lemons
Oil on paper on canvas
15 3/4" x 19 3/4"
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Blue II
Oil on paper on canvas
19 3/4" x 27 1/2"
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Floral
Watercolor on paper
21" x 16" |
Mother and
Daughter
Oil on canvas 31 1/2" x 39 1/3"
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The Party
Oil on canvas 55" x 41 1/3"
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Red I
Oil on canvas 35 1/2" x 39 1/3"
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Still Life
with Plant
Oil on paper on canvas
27 1/2" x 19 3/4"
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Still Life
with Green
Cup
Oil on paper 11 3/4" x 16 1/2"
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In the Landscape
Oil
on linen 19 1/2" x 43 1/3"
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The Trip
Oil on canvas 37 1/2" x 46"
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The Concert
Oil on canvas 43 1/3" x 33 1/2"
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Ulrike Hahn was born in Zwickau, Germany
and began her studies in fashion design at the Berlin School for
Clothing and Design. In 1991, she realigned her artistic focus to
concentrate on painting and graphic arts and earned a Bachelor of
Arts degree from the Berlin School of Art. Hahn returned to the
Berlin School of Art in 2001 to complete a Master of Art in Context
degree. She continues to divide her time between Berlin and Atlanta.
Her paintings and drawings have been displayed in group and solo
exhibitions in Germany, Spain, New York City, Lexington and Louisville.
Her work is in many public and private collections around the world,
including Brown Forman in Louisville, KY; W.H. Berghuis in Assen,
Holland; and Outward Bound in Schloss Krφchlendorf, Germany.
Time Suspended
"The building of the tower of Babel
came to a standstill precisely at that point in time when the ability
to communicate failed." Paul Watzlawick, The Insecurity
of our Reality
In the standstill of the moment, as
in a suddenly stopped film scene, the (mostly female) figures pause
in the normalcy of everyday life. They tarry and reveal themselves
to the observer seemingly unobserved as those who are Waiting, Dreaming,
Thinking. From an inner submersion they express themselves through
gestures and allow the observer to participate in their inner lives.
The paintings portray constructed realities, capturing moments that
make no pretension about the impossibility of pausing time. But
just as the figures pause for a moment, they prompt the observer
to do the same and this encourages communication. Each figure reflects
her special, very personal situation and at the same time serves
as a symblol of fundamental attitudes and reactions to human existence:
vulnerability, doubt, pride, strength. The content of my paintings
is more than just the portrayal of the naturalistic world; I am
interested in revealing my understanding of life.
With calm intensity, the still life paintings
underscore and complement the color and sensuality of the figures.
Ulrike Hahn, 2006
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