Blood, dirt and cobwebs create heartbreaking pain at Asian Art Museum

A woman stands near an intricate installation of red thread and hanging paper woven between tree-like structures in the gallery space.

“One chopstick is “me.” But in order to eat, I need two chopsticks.” said Chiharu Shiota, a Japanese painter. She made the remarks in front of a video of three performance art pieces (“Wall,” “Bathroom” and “Earth and Blood”) in her new exhibition “Two Home Countries,” which opened April 3 at the Asian Art Museum … Read more