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presstext to introduce the exhibition and performance
of the gallery aries, tokyo 1989

lf japanese culture appears to strangers as an
empire ot signs as noted a contemporary
european traveller, Wolfgang Schäfer is not the
one to decipher them literally.
Thus not only because he is less an intellectual
than an artist, but just as much because as a painter
and performer he is mainly interested in colours
and dynamics, in frequencies more than
in messages.

The works presented in this exhibition testify t
hat asia tor him is rich in these.
His paintings simultanously show preference in
informel art and uncover a deep fascination in asian
aesthetics and lifestyle.

Wolfgang Schäfer occasionally sees them
as diagrams and himselt as a transtormer.
His approach to asian culture is likewise guided by
his veracity that is unapt to limit itself and simply
takes the farest to be the nearest.

Attached by glances of butoh and glimpses of
asian mysteries, Wolfgang Schäfer set out for his
first trip to asia in autumn 1986, Looking back on a year
that had been most prolific in exhibitions
and performances.

Mainly dwelling in Bangkok, Manila and Tokyo.
The selection of artworks now shown combines to an
unexpected diary ot that trip.
On the opening day the artist will give a performance
called “secrets in the dark” to introduce you to the show.

dance-performances ( 7 / 11 )
performance secret in the dark, gallery aries, tokyo 1989

gallery aries invitationcard 1 (1989)	gallery aries invitationcard 2 (1989)
secrets in the dark (1989) fotos helmut steinhauser	secrets in the dark (1989)
secrets in the dark (1989)
la belle et la be`te with claudia monville, dance (1990) fotos bernd jansen	la belle et la be`te (1990)
la belle et la be`te (1990)	la belle et la be`te (1990)
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