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With a carefully chosen selection of large-format works, the Berlin artist Uli Fischer travelled to Kempten to curate his solo exhibition at the Stadtstadel and to open it together with the Stadtstadel team. The evening was all about Asia and especially Japan as many of the historical textiles used in his pictorial objects come from Japan and China. Uli Fischer impressively explained to the invited guests his career in art as well as in the gallery business, his times in the theatre and even in film, which were important stages of life in developing the unique way of painting with textiles. He treats the old fabrics collected worldwide like the color palette in painting, laying layer upon layer, in the style of the color layer painting of old masters. The exhibition also shows some of his most recent works. They are paint layer paintings with a textile effect. He cannot and does not want to deny his artistic origins from the Bauhaus period as well as concrete art. And in the end, he always remains true to painting. Larissa Richter, pianist and composer from Munich, took Japan as the central theme of her selection of work. She thrilled the audience with a piece from “Madam Butterfly” by Giacomo Puccini, plucked in the old Japanese way, and the piece “An Evening in the Country” by Bela Bartok. She also presented works by Japanese composers such as the “Kagome Variation” by Kiyoshige Koyama and “Haro no Umi” by Michio Miyaghi, whose sheets of music she had received directly from Japan. In addition, she delighted with traditional songs, old compositions and contemporary works such as "Howsl's Moving Castle" by Joe Hisaishi. Rounded off to perfection, the guests enjoyed Asian delicacies, masterfully served. What a prelude to this special exhibition "Multi-layered like life, concretely structured".
Photographer: Nathalie Dennenmoser