JAPANESE CONTEMPORARY ART

TORINO,  MAO MUSEO D’ARTE ORIENTALE  "CHIHARU SHIOTA. THE SOUL TREMBLESʺ

Shiota Chiharu, Uncertain Journey, 2016/2019, Metal frame, red wool, Installation view: Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2019, ph. Sunhi Mang. Photo courtesy: Mori Art Museum, Tokyo

Au MAO de Turin, du 22 octobre au 28 juin 2026, la grande exposition monographique consacrée à Chiharu Shiota (Kishiwada, 1972) retrace l'œuvre complète de l'artiste japonaise à travers des dessins, des photographies, des sculptures et certaines de ses installations environnementales et monumentales les plus célèbres.

MAO Museo d’Arte Orientale, Turin presents, from 22 October 2025 to 28 June 2026, a major monographic exhibition of the Chiharu Shiota (Kishiwada, 1972). The exhibition traces back over all of Shiota’s production, through drawings, photographs, sculptures and some of her most famous environmental and monumental installations.

Al MAO di Torino dal 22 ottobre al  28 June 2026, la grande mostra monografica dedicataChiharu Shiota (Kishiwada, 1972) ripercorre l’intera produzione dell’artista giapponese attraverso disegni, fotografie, sculture, e alcune delle sue più celebri installazioni ambientali e monumentali.

Shiota Chiharu, Accumulation - Searching for the Destination, 2014/2019, Suitcase, motor and red rope, Installation view:  Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2019 ph: Kioku Keizo, courtesy: Mori Art Museum, Tokyo

Souvent inspirées par des expériences personnelles, les œuvres de Chiharu Shiota explorent l'intangible – souvenirs, émotions, images et visions oniriques, offrant des espaces de silence et de contemplation – et interrogent des concepts universels et existentiels tels que l'identité, les relations, la vie et la mort. Transcendant les frontières temporelles et spatiales, ses œuvres interpellent la part la plus intime et la plus vulnérable de l'être humain.

Often inspired by personal experiences, Chiharu Shiota’s works explore the intangible – memories, emotions, dream-like images and visions, offering silent spaces for contemplation – and raise questions about universal and existential concepts like identity, the relationship with the Other and life and death. Crossing temporal and spatial boundaries, her works deal with the most intimate, vulnerable part of the human being.

Spesso ispirate da esperienze personali, le opere di Chiharu Shiota esplorano l’intangibile - ricordi, emozioni, immagini e visioni oniriche, offrendo spazi di silenzio e contemplazione – e pongono interrogativi su concetti universali ed esistenziali quali l’identità, la relazione con l’altro, la vita e la morte; valicando i confini temporali e spaziali, i suoi lavori coinvolgono la parte più intima e vulnerabile dell’essere umano.

Shiota Chiharu, Where Are We Going? 2017/2019, White wool, wire, rope, Installation view: Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2019, Ph: Kioku Keizo, courtesy: Mori Art Museum, Tokyo

Ses installations les plus célèbres, composées de fils rouges ou noirs tissés en structures imposantes, enveloppent les espaces où elles sont placées, transformant leurs volumes et guidant le spectateur dans une expérience immersive où fascination alterne avec inquiétude, mouvement avec immobilité.

Her most famous installations create monumental structures, enveloping the spaces where they are installed, transforming them and leading the visitor through an immersive experience in which fascination alternates with anxiety, movement with stasis.

Le sue installazioni più celebri, composte da fili rossi o neri intrecciatia creare strutture imponenti, avvolgono gli spazi in cui sono collocate, trasformandone i volumi e guidando lo spettatore in un’esperienza immersiva in cui la fascinazione si alterna all’inquietudine, il movimento alla stasi.