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Hiroshi Sugimoto
dal 21/2/2003 al 1/6/2003
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21/2/2003

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Museum of Contemporary Art MCA, Chicago

Curated by Francesco Bonami, Sugimoto's series of breathtaking black-and-white photographs examine iconic modernist structures including the Eiffel Tower, the Farnsworth House, Le Corbusier's Notre-Dame-du-Haut, and the Guggenheim Bilbao. With poetic elegance, Sugimoto's images examine the subtle details and striking beauty of these architectural masterworks, while dissolving the lines between time, memory, and history.


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ARCHITECTURE

Profoundly beautiful and powerfully evocative, the exhibition Hiroshi Sugimoto: Architecture will be on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago, from February 22 - June 1, 2003.

Curated by Francesco Bonami, the MCA's Manilow Senior Curator and curator of the 50th Venice Biennale's International Art Exhibition, Sugimoto's series of breathtaking black-and-white photographs examine iconic modernist structures including the Eiffel Tower, the Farnsworth House, Le Corbusier's Notre-Dame-du-Haut, and the Guggenheim Bilbao. With poetic elegance, Sugimoto's images examine the subtle details and striking beauty of these architectural masterworks, while dissolving the lines between time, memory, and history.

With his Architecture series, Sugimoto has essentially broken all the rules of architectural photography. Rather than capturing these great landmarks of modernist architecture in crisp detail, Sugimoto has deliberately created out of focus images taken from unusual viewpoints. Often leaving the lens open for hours, Sugimoto's blurred forms evoke the passage of time, muting any architectural detail, and leaving only the essence of the building in his final prints. In this way Sugimoto's process is suggestive of the way in which our memories both preserve and distort images.

The unique installation at the MCA parallels the architectural content of the work. Each of the 30 five-by-six-foot photographs is mounted on a dark gray monolithic wall (15 in each gallery) with the photographs faced away from the entrance so the viewer must experience the entire space before encountering the actual work.

Hiroshi Sugimoto: Architecture is accompanied by a 166-page catalogue featuring full-page illustrations and essays by Francesco Bonami, John Yau, and Marco Di Michelis. The exhibition will be presented at the Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, November 22, 2003 - February 8, 2004.

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, is located at 220 East Chicago Avenue. Museum hours are Tuesday 10 am - 8 pm, Wednesday through Sunday 10 am - 5 pm. For additional information visit the website or call 312.280.2660.

This exhibition is generously supported by the Kovler Family Foundation, Helen and Sam Zell, and Equity Office. Air transportation is provided by American Airlines, the official airline of the Museum of Contemporary Art. Accommodations provided by The Peninsula Chicago. Additional support for programming on architecture is provided by the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation. Media support provided by CS Magazine.

Image: Hiroshi Sugimoto: Marina City, 2001. Silver gelatin print. 60 x 72 in. Photo courtesy Sonnabend Gallery.

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
220 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
Tel: 312.280.2660
Fax: 312.397.4095

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