Pablo's Birthday x rent free project
Pablo's Birthday•Mar 06, 2025 — Apr 18, 2025
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Pablo’s Birthday is pleased to host rent free project, a curatorial collaboration between Yuna Cabon and Claire Zehnith. The exhibition includes the work of Valentina Attolini, Lauren Noelle Oliver, Armand Simon, and Mai Ta. Together, their various mediums and practices explore themes of intimacy, surrealism, and deep visceral emotion.
Armand Simon (1906–1981, Belgium) was an early 20th-century Belgian surrealist known for his bizarre and thought-provoking drawings. A member of the revolutionary 1930s surrealist group Rupture, his works often feature enigmatic and fantastical elements, exploring themes of the subconscious, dreams, and the absurd. Simon’s work directly engages with surrealist automatism and the exploration of the unconscious. His dismantled and exaggerated forms—whimsical yet unsettling—evoke a sense of complicated ambivalence.
Valentina Attolini (b. 1998, Mexico City) examines the body as both a physical and emotional site of experience. Through...More
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Pablo's Birthday x rent free project
Pablo's Birthday•Mar 06, 2025 — Apr 18, 2025
Press Release
Pablo’s Birthday is pleased to host rent free project, a curatorial collaboration between Yuna Cabon and Claire Zehnith. The exhibition includes the work of Valentina Attolini, Lauren Noelle Oliver, Armand Simon, and Mai Ta. Together, their various mediums and practices explore themes of intimacy, surrealism, and deep visceral emotion.
Armand Simon (1906–1981, Belgium) was an early 20th-century Belgian surrealist known for his bizarre and thought-provoking drawings. A member of the revolutionary 1930s surrealist group Rupture, his works often feature enigmatic and fantastical elements, exploring themes of the subconscious, dreams, and the absurd. Simon’s work directly engages with surrealist automatism and the exploration of the unconscious. His dismantled and exaggerated forms—whimsical yet unsettling—evoke a sense of complicated ambivalence.
Valentina Attolini (b. 1998, Mexico City) examines the body as both a physical and emotional site of experience. Through...More