This is Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota's installation of 350 shoes at the Sackler Gallery (ongoing exhibition), Washington DC. The Sackler itself is a pretty low key kind of museum (IMHO, more interesting for the very adjacent National Museum of African Art) but I really enjoyed seeing this piece. Each unpaired shoe comes with a note from its owner. An exploration of identity, connection, belonging and emotion.
Wow! I would have liked to have seen that one...
ReplyDeleteYou would have liked it, Pamela. I was always wondering how does she tie all those 350 strings into a tiny tiny knot!
ReplyDeleteLOVE this - the concept, the visual
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it's a great piece! Haha thanks for the article, I was expecting to find a picture of you there with your own collection, I know you love shoes!
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