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    CHIHARU SHIOTA ( b.1972 )

    State of Being (Map)

    2020

    Metal Frame, White Thread and Map
    35.4 x 35 x 71 cm

    Signed CS in English

    Estimate TWD 2,800,000-3,500,000
    USD 87,700-109,600
    HKD 0-0

    Hammer Price TWD 0
    USD 0
    HKD 0

Provenance：Der Horng Gallery, Tainan

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Chiharu Shiota is celebrated for her large-scale installations, where she deftly uses threads, fibers, and everyday objects to explore profound themes like human nature, memory, life and death, and identity. Her signature style often involves intricate webs of red, black, or white threads woven into complex, immersive spaces, inviting viewers into an emotional experience.

This work, State of Being (Map), is part of her series Presence of Absence. Through delicate networks of interwoven threads, Shiota creates a unique spatial and emotional landscape, symbolizing how existence is entangled in the constraints of time, space, and memory—each strand bearing traces of the past. By wrapping and suspending objects (in this case, a map) within these threads, she conjures an ethereal, hovering image that emphasizes the hidden fragility and uncertainty of life. The piece evokes a sense of transience, urging viewers to reflect on their own experiences and to ponder the deeper essence of existence.

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