ArchivesSpace at the University of Iowa

Each page is a molded mask (of the artist?) made of paper with the addition of collage, straw, newspaper clippings, paint and embroidery thread. Each mask fits precisely into the following one, including the one on the cover, creating an exquisite, compact mask book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Wolf writes that "the Asian appearance of the text is created by overprinting a German text, inspired by stories told by the artist's German speaking son, who lives as a journalist in Hong Kong." Five distinct, folded booklets are fastened to the front (black) and back (red) covers; there is no spine. The book is wrapped with 2 colored paper tapes which are held by the long wooden stick. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.