PAST EXHIBITION
KOMOREBI DREAMS: supported by THE TOKYO TOILET Art Project / MASTER MIND
Dec 22nd, 2023 - Jan 20th, 2024
104GALERIE (Nakameguro, Tokyo) is holding a solo exhibition by Donata Wenders, “KOMOREBI DREAMS” from
December 22nd 2023 (Fri) to January 20th 2024 (Sat). Donata Wenders has long worked as a photographer on
films by her husband, Wim Wenders, and has also created her own documentaries of the films, and developed
her own work bridging out of the productions.
The exhibition features 12 pieces of Donata’s film work, parts of which were used in Wim Wenders’ latest work,
“PERFECT DAYS”, which opens on December 22nd 2023. The extracts used in the film form scenes that leave
a strong impression on the audience, and in this exhibition the series of film pieces that can be said to be the
original versions are on display.
Related photographic work will also be displayed with words from Takuma Takasaki, who worked as a co-writer
and producer on Wim Wenders’ film project.
Closing Event
Film screening
Director Wim Wenders’s short film will share the screen at January 20th (Sat.)
Film screening + Artist talk
| Date | January 20th (Sat.) 2024 |
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| Film Screening | Some Body Comes into the Light |
| Artist Talk | Min Tanaka, Jun Miyake, Takuma Takasaki |
| Venue | 104GALERIE |
Artist Statement
“The first time I heard the word ‘komorebi’
and learned about its meaning
during the preparation for PERFECT DAYS,
I was somehow moved to the core of my being.
I realized: it was going to be the underlying stream of the movie,
a subconscious flow in our hero’s mind,
an awareness of the lights and shadows
produced by the sun and the wind and the trees.
To shoot the ‘komorebi dreams’ of Hirayama
became my task for the film.
Ever since, my attention towards light has changed.
Looking out for ‘komorebi’ all over the city has rubbed off.
I know now: they are something we receive as a gift,
they come and go as grace does.
That is how I looked at them and shot them.
These softly moving light-dances are precious presents
even if they are gratuitous and often random.
The way daylight finds its ways through leaves
(nowadays also through all sorts of materials)
into our life and our presence
always seems mysteriously beautiful, playful and surprising.
It is up to us, however, to be aware of it.
Sometimes you feel it is just for you alone, for a short moment,
for a glimpse and a short salute from far away.
A ‘komorebi’ can give me great comfort and hope
and fill me with a joyful love for life.”
OUTLINE
KOMOREBI DREAMS: supported by THE TOKYO TOILET Art Project / MASTER MIND | |
| Period | December 22nd (Fri.) 2023 – January 20th (Sat.) 2024 |
| Closed | on Fridays, Public holidays |
| Hours | 11:00-17:00 |
| Venue | 104GALERIE |
selected solo exhibitions
| 2023 | “ODE AN DAS HANDWERK”, Japanisches Palais, Dresden, Germany |
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| 2022 | “THROUGH THE CRACKS OF TIME”, Galerie Albert Baumgarten, Freiburg, Germany |
| 2021 | “KuK – Kunst- und Kulturzentrum der StädteRegion Aachen in Monschau”, Art Exhibition, Monschau, Germany |
| 2020 | “rbb short film”, Everything Has It’s Time, RBB Online |
| 2019 | “Photographs”, by Donata Wenders, Neue Galerie Gladbeck, Gladbeck, Germany |
“Studie”, Polka Galerie, Paris, France | |
| 2018 | “Gestures of Light”, Atelier Jungwirth, Graz, Austria |
“Leggendo Il Tempo”, C2 Contemporanea 2, Firenze, Italy | |
“Gelesene Zeit”, Photographische Studien , Johanna Breede Photokunst,Berlin, Germany | |
| 2017 | “Im Licht der Zeit”, FO.KU.S ,Innsbruck, Austria |
| 2014 | “Silent Traces”, Johanna Breede Photokunst, Berlin, Germany |
| 2013 | “In the Snow”, Werkhallen, oberwinter-remagen, germany |
Selected group exhibitions
| 2023 | “WOMEN ONLY”, Johanna Breede PHOTOKUNST, |
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| 2022 | “HERBST”, Johanna Breede PHOTOKUNST, |
“Teodora Axente, Robert Bosisio, Donata Wenders”, Group Exhibition, 104 Galerie, Tokyo | |
“SOMMER”, Johanna Breede PHOTOKUNST, | |
“Collection 20:2 – Klassiker & Ikonen der Fotokunst”, Monschau, Germany | |
“SCHLOSSMEDIALE”, Wurttemberg, Swiss | |
“MEET YOUR ARTIST”, Nürnberg, Germany | |
“SPRING / FRÜHLING”, Johanna Breede PHOTOKUNST, Berlin, Germany | |
| 2021 | ”WINTER“, Johanna Breede PHOTOKUNST, Berlin, Germany |
“FÜNF SEEN FILM FESTIVAL”, Starnberg, Germany | |
| 2020 | “KINO DER KUNST 2020”, KINOS DER HFF, Germany |
“INSPIRATION HANDWERK”, Film Festival and Art Exhibition, Dresden, Germany | |
“NON MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DRESDEN”, Group exhibition, Dresden, Germany | |
“Brandenburg Art Award”, Group exhibition, Schloss Neuhardenberg Exhibition Hall,Neuhardenberg, Germany | |
“Vertiges des Jours”, Group exhibition , Polka Galerie, Paris, France | |
“HINTER DEN KULISSEN”, Johanna Breede Photokunst, Berlin, Germany | |
| 2019 | “HIGH FIVE!“, 5 Years Galleria Doris Ghetta, Galleria Doris Ghetta, Ortisei, Italy |
“Der Funke Gottes!”, Schatz + Wunderkammern im Bamberger Diözesanmuseum,Bamberg, Germany | |
“Think Big”, Photography Monika Mohr Galerie, Hamburg, Germany | |
“Magic of Silence”, Johanna Breede Fotokunst, Berlin, Germany |
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