The Daughter of a Taoist
Exhibition view: The Daughter of a Taoist, Esther Schipper, Cologne, 1991
Photo © Lothar Schnepf
Exhibition view: The Daughter of a Taoist, Esther Schipper, Cologne, 1991
Photo © Lothar Schnepf
The Daughter of a Taoist: Indices I, 1991
Rice mat with green line, plastic box: photographs, red envelopes, playing cards, paper box, Chinese coins, porcelain plates, porcelain spoon, plastic cup, gold-plated character, small stick with toy snake, white plastic pipe, paper trivets, wooden building blocks, playing schedule, wooden framed mirror, clay mask, colored lantern, electrical lantern
Approx. 200 x 175 cm
Photo © Lothar Schnepf
The Daughter of a Taoist: Indices I, 1991 (detail)
Rice mat with green line, plastic box: photographs, red envelopes, playing cards, paper box, Chinese coins, porcelain plates, porcelain spoon, plastic cup, gold-plated character, small stick with toy snake, white plastic pipe, paper trivets, wooden building blocks, playing schedule, wooden framed mirror, clay mask, colored lantern, electrical lantern
Approx. 200 x 175 cm
Photo © Lothar Schnepf
Photo © Lothar Schnepf
The Daugher of a Taoist: The Chinese Cabinet, 1991
Framed color photographs, 32 x 22 cm; postcards; paper web, 78 x 20,5 cm
Photo © Lothar Schnepf
The Daughter of a Taoist: a Diverse Aesthetic, 1991
Framed black-and-white photographs, 17 x 22 cm; framed color photograph, 17 x 22 cm; framed black-and-white photograph, 57 x 42 cm; mirror with wooden octagonal frame, diam. 15 cm; 1 paper Web, 78,5 x 108,5 cm
Photo © Lothar Schnepf
Photo © Lothar Schnepf
Original exhibition invitation (recto)
The Daughter of a Taoist
The Daughter of a Taoist is based on Esther Schipper's childhood. Born and brought up in Taiwan, she left at the age of seven. As starting material (clues again!): around 20 photos taken from the family archives. This particular piece superimposed two experiences, hers (through the pictures) and my own research (through finding objects, paper, text...) in different Chinatowns, by reading books...to reconstruct a story influenced by the color red.
– Dominque Gonzalez-Foerster
