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“Mixed Media Installation by 塩田千春 Chiharu Shiota (b. 1972 Japan): State of Being: Boy’s Kimono, 2013 (Metal, kimono, black thread)” / Galerie Daniel Templon / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14043

Here is another mixed media installation by Chiharu Shiota (塩田千春 Shiota Chiharu b. 1972 Osaka, Japan), the artist I knew nothing about but fell in love with after my brief visit to Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 recently.

 

For her “State of being” series, a physical object—a boy’s kimono in this case—is suspended in air with black threads. Some have mentioned that they look like charcoal drawings, and they definitely do have that feel to it. Except that it is just a web of threads affixed to a metal frame.

 

It reminds one of an old precious long-forgotten item found inside the attic, memories which are trapped somehow—unreachable, but there.

 

Stunning at its simplicity but masterful in its execution. It is suspended between reality and surrealism. Highly recommended.

 

Chiharu Shiota b. 1972

State of Being: Boy’s Kimono, 2013

Metal, kimono, black thread

150 x 100 x 80 cm

59 x 39 3/8 x 31 1/2 in

 

# Chiharu Shiota

 

Chiharu Shiota (塩田 千春 Shiota Chiharu) is a Japanese installation artist born in 1972 in Osaka. She has been living and working in Berlin since 1996.She studied at the Seika University in Kyoto and at various schools in Germany and is represented by ARNDT in Berlin and Galerie Daniel Templon in Paris.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiharu_Shiota

 

# Galerie Daniel Templon

Founded in 1966

 

30, rue Beaubourg

75003 Paris

France

 

www.danieltemplon.com/

 

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-05-23T16:53:14+0800

+ Dimensions: 3112 x 4661

+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/4.0

+ Focal Length: 29 mm

+ ISO: 800

+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D

+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM

+ GPS: 22°16'59" N 114°10'22" E

+ Location: 香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)

+ Workflow: Lightroom 4

+ Serial: SML.20130523.6D.14043

+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013

 

# Media Licensing

Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

 

“Mixed Media Installation by 塩田千春 Chiharu Shiota (b. 1972 Japan): State of Being: Boy’s Kimono, 2013 (Metal, kimono, black thread)” / Galerie Daniel Templon / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14043

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