Contemporary artist, Hans Uder, will join over 125 emerging artists, at the popular Pancakes & Booze Art Show May 1st and 2nd, 2015. Uder, who received recent acclaim for his exhibit, “Waiting For The Bus,” a live event that draws over 30,000 people to see his sculptures and painted mannequins each weekend under the Hollywood sign, says, “This is my first joint art show in Los Angeles. I’m very excited about the chance to show my work next to so many great talents at the Pancake & Booze Art Show.”
Included in Uder’s 14 new works at Pancakes & Booze will be collages, sculptures and 3D installation, painted mannequins and paintings in acrylic, oil, and watercolor. Among the paintings are “The Dancer” – acrylic on canvas, which highlights the movement of a Latin female dancer, the movement accompanied by out of focus lines that support the mystery and the motions of inherent ecstasy, and “Erika” – an appreciation of the female body in all its imaginations and forms while maintaining an aura of mystery.
Hans Uder – Pancakes & Booze Art Show Los Angeles
Hans Uder – Pancakes & Booze Art Show Los Angeles
About the Artist
Hans Uder spent his childhood in the outskirts of Heidelberg, Germany, a picturesque Baroque-style city located in the southwest part of the country. Born into an engineer family, Uder discovered his passion for art at an early age and after completing his college studies, he set out to explore the art world and immigrated to the United States in 1992.
Upon finishing language school in St. Petersburg, Florida, Uder moved to Los Angeles, California to study at the prestigious Stella Adler Academy of Acting and Theatre, where he mastered his craft for two years. It was during this time, as a means to support his acting, both creatively and financially, that Uder wandered by coincidence into the visual world of set design.
In the beginning of his career, he had the honor of being a production assistant and set designer on photography shoots for print publications such as Vanity Fair, Vogue, Esquire, FHM and Cosmopolitan. He was able to collaborate with iconic photographers including Mark Seliger, Robert Maxwell and Chris McLaren, just to name a few. Additionally, Uder collaborated alongside Mauro Borrelli, the acclaimed conceptual designer of “Batman Forever”, “Dracula” and “Planet of the Apes”. Uder also owes immense gratitude to his mentor, the late Academy Award-nominated costume designer, Theadora Van Runkle, most known for her work on iconic films including “Bonnie and Clyde”, “The Godfather: Part 2”, “New York, New York” and “The Thomas Crown Affair.”
After focusing solely on perfecting his art for more than 12 years, Uder now feels capable of fully expressing his visual quests with various artistic mediums and sharing it with the outside world. He currently resides in Los Angeles as well as New York City, however he extends his travels to Germany and Spain, where he finds the visual influences are capable of sparking his imagination and allowing him to dominate his creative outlet.
“My goal as an artist is not only to make the world a more beautiful place but also to surprise and entertain with new ideas, forms and color combinations. About The Show
Over 125 emerging artists will showcase their hottest work in a Warhol-style, anything-goes, massive warehouse environment. All-you-can-eat pancakes, live music, body painting and multimedia displays. The show originated in 2009 in Los Angeles and has since popped up more than 100 times in twenty five cities around North America. Each show draws as many as 3,000 guests throughout night.
WHEN: 8pm – 2am Friday & Saturday May 1 & 2, 2015
WHERE: Lot 613, 613 Imperial St., Los Angeles, CA 90036
