Widely acclaimed for her distinctive visual language which combines drawing performance
sculpture and installation art Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota (b. 1972 in Osaka lives and
works in Berlin) addresses fundamental human concerns. Creating large-scale thread
installations that incorporate a variety of everyday objects and memorabilia she forms
powerful environments that evoke a sense of nostalgia personal history and collective memory.
The catalog accompanies the exhibition The Unsettled Soul the first presentation of the artist
in the Czech Republic. In addition to extensive photographic documentation of the exhibition at
Kunsthalle Praha the publication features an essay by Jason Waite discussing Shiota's early
works as well as an interview with the artist conducted by the editor Christelle Havranek
about her key themes and the creation of the Prague exhibition.
