Hiroshi Sugimoto
dal 16/9/2005 al 9/1/2006
Segnalato da
16/9/2005
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
End of Time. The first survey of the artist's whole photographic work, made from the 1970s until the present. It includes artist's best-known works, such as the Dioramas and the most recent experiments: fusions of photography with architecture and traditional Noh theatre. Colors of Shadow, a new series of color photographs of changing light in the artist's studio, will have its world premiere.
End of Time
Hiroshi Sugimoto is one of the most significant Japanese contemporary artists to
have emerged in the last 30 years. In his photographic series, as well as his
experiments with sculptural objects, architecture and exhibition design, Sugimoto
attempts to highlight and expand our perception of such abstract qualities as time,
light, space, movement, spirit - and the nature of reality itself.
Hiroshi Sugimoto: End of Time represents the first chance to survey the artist's
whole photographic work, made from the 1970s until the present. It includes his
best-known works, such as the Dioramas, which he photographed, in life-like detail,
at natural history and other museums; Seascapes, depicting oceans around the world;
Theatres, for which he sets his exposure times to the length of the film showing;
and other series: Portraits, Architecture, Sea of Buddha and Conceptual Forms.
The exhibition also includes the artist's most recent experiments: fusions of
photography with architecture and traditional Noh theatre. Colors of Shadow, a new
series of color photographs of changing light in the artist's studio, will have its
world premiere. The exhibition is designed by Sugimoto and incorporates a Noh stage,
on which a Noh play will be performed. Visitors can also enjoy a sound installation
created by Sugimoto in collaboration with internationally renowned sound artist
Ikeda Ryoji. The exhibition will travel to the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture
Garden, Washington D.C., and other venues in 2006.
Artist Profile
Born in Tokyo in 1948, Sugimoto left Japan in 1970 after graduating from Rikkyo
University with a degree in economics. He traveled throughout the Soviet Union and
Europe and then moved to Los Angeles, where he studied photography at the Art Center
College of Design. His work has been exhibited in group and solo shows
internationally and he was the recipient of the Hasselblad Foundation International
Award in Photography in 2001 and the Mainichi Art Prize in 1988. He currently lives
in New York and Tokyo.
Artist Talk: 17 September, 19:30 - 21:00
Mori Art Museum
Roppongi Hills Mori Tower (53F)
6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku - Tokyo
Hours: 10:00 - 22:00, 10:00 - 17:00 on Tuesdays