Exhibition Information

Connecting Small Memories
2019 Mixed media 가변크기

Uncertain Journey
2016/2019 Metal frame, Red wool 가변설치

Uncertain Journey
2019 Metal frame, Red wool 2019

Inside-Outside
2008/2019 Old wooden windows 가변크기

			Exhibition Intention | 《Shiota Chiharu: Shivering Soul》 is the first large-scale exhibition in Korea to look at the latest works from Chiharu Shiota, who is gaining international fame. The exhibition is co-hosted by the Busan Museum of Art and Morrie Museum in Tokyo, Japan, and was organized by Mami Kataoka, deputy director and chief curator of the Mori Museum of Art. It was held at the Mori Museum of Art in Tokyo in June, attracting many visitors. Following the Mori Museum of Art in Tokyo, the individual exhibition of Chiharu Shiota, which will be held in Busan, will consist of 110 pieces that will examine the artist's 25 years of activities, focusing on four large-scale installation works.


Exhibition Contents|Shita Chiharu continues to work in various genres, including installation works using threads and objects, as well as sculpture, photography, drawing, video and The author embodies questions about the soul, incalculable anxiety and fear, and an inexplicable presence in his works, expressing the inner state confronting uncertainty and seeking the meaning of "existence." Small props of everyday life-using human-used objects such as thread, dress, chairs, beds, shoes and bags, transform the space into a new body of massive aggregation, exploring human memories and relationships in objects. For the author, "Death" has been a long-standing concern with the unconscious world and presence. He interprets death as the beginning of a new life by capturing in his work the fear of death at the graves of his childhood family, the feelings of sadness and trauma he experienced at the boundary of life and death with two cancer-fighting diseases. Most of the author's works start with personal experiences, but they also serve as the same psychological mechanism, reminding visitors of life, death and forgotten memories. Since the 2000s, the author has been building an original world of sculptures by introducing large installations using black thread and window frames in a specific space. In particular, installation works, such as human blood vessels or spider webs, woven with red or black threads throughout the space, are considered representative of the author’s series.
The exhibition’s subtitle, "The Shiver of Spirit," contains the writer’s mind to convey indescribable emotions to shaking movements. Chiharu Shiota's work, accompanied by existential reasons, causes the audience to have emotional and fundamental reflections at the same time with another question. This may be because we are in an era of uncertainty where it is increasingly hard to predict where the numerous invisible links in the lives of individuals living today will lead. Something invisible to humans (the spirit, the fate, the death) and its uncertainty may be an elusive fear and, after all, an inevitable question. I hope that this exhibition, 《Shiota Chiharu: The Shiver of Soul 영혼, will serve as an opportunity to bring about a new relationship with reflection on the existence of individuals.

Introduction: Chiharu Shita (1972~) was born in Osaka, Japan, and graduated from Seika University in Kyoto and moved to Germany in 1996. He then studied at Hamburg’s School of Plastic Arts, Germany’s Brown Shweek University of Arts and Berlin University of Arts. He is currently living in Berlin and actively working on his work internationally. Starting with his first individual exhibition in 1993, the artist has so far presented his work in more than 300 individual and group exhibitions. In addition, he participated in numerous international events including the Sydney Biennale (2016), the Busan Biennale (2014), the Kiev First International Biennale (2012), and the Yokohama Triennale (2001). In 2015, he participated as the Japanese representative writer of the 56th Venice Biennale and received favorable reviews from visitors and art officials.