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Born in Osaka, Japan, in 1972, internationally recognized artist Chiharu Shiota now lives and works in Berlin. In much of her art, Shiota utilizes old, worn out items that spark an intrigue both about the history of the things themselves as well as about the meaning of the installation in which they are placed. In Breath of the Spirit, the artist ties tangled red yarn to 600 pairs of worn out sh…