‘The artist of Thread’ Shiota Chiharu

‘The artist of Thread’ Shiota Chiharu visits Korea in two years with her large-scale installation made with white threads.

Shiota Chiharu presents a solo exhibition  since July 15, at Gana Art Center in Pyeongchang-dong, Jong-no gu.

Shiota Chiharu is an international artist born in Osaka, Japan and based in Berlin, Germany. Confronting fundamental human concerns such as life, death and relationships, Shiota explores human existence throughout various dimensions by creating an existence in the absence either in her large-scale thread installations that include a variety of common objects and external memorabilia or through her drawings, sculptures, photography and videos.
 

▲ Shiota Chiharu In Memory, 2022 Dresss, wood boat, paper and thread / Courtesy of Gana ArtFor this exhibition, Shiota Chiharu made a white cave by weaving thousands of bundles of white yarn in a large space of 3500sqft. This installation’s title is In Memory which is the same title of exhibition. She used white thread for this exhibition, not red thread which is Shiota’s indentity.

Shiota also explained the reason why she used white thread for In Memory. She said “I was influenced by the book ‘White Book’, written by Korean author Han Gang. There was a part where the baby who died two hours after it was born in the novel reminded me of the time I had an abortion.”

“I think the color white is a symbol of death but also life.” Shiota said. “When there’s an end, there is always another beginning. This is the reason why I used white thread for this exhibition.”

continues until August 21 at Gana Art Center. Gana Art Center is open every day except Mondays, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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