A grand ball of confusion, Chiharu Shiota‘s Stairway is an intricate installation that transforms the space around an object to a point where the very object is rendered useless. A signature technique of Shiota’s, the purposeful confusion not only stuns the eye, but is a metaphorical struggle between the few and the many.
![Courtesy of Chiharu Shiota.](https://quietlunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Quiet_Lunch_Magazine_Stairway_works-2012-Chiharu-Shiota.jpg)
Courtesy of Chiharu Shiota.
![Courtesy of Chiharu Shiota.](https://quietlunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Quiet_Lunch_Magazine_Stairway_works-2012-Chiharu-Shiota-2.jpg)
Courtesy of Chiharu Shiota.
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