© Hiroshi Sugimoto, courtesy: Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
Sea of Japan, Rebun Island
| Artist | SUGIMOTO Hiroshi |
|---|---|
| Year | 1996 |
| Material/ Technique | gelatin silver print |
| Size/ Duration | H119.4 × W149.2cm |
| Copyright Notice | © Hiroshi Sugimoto courtesy: Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo |
| Year of acquisition/ donation | 2010 |
| Description | Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1948. Lives and works in Tokyo and New York, USA. Sugimoto Hiroshi went to the US in 1970, where he studied photography at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles. In 1974 he moved to New York, here beginning to focus fully on his photographic practice. Sugimoto’s works, leading examples being his “Theaters” and “Seascapes” series, are highly regarded for their clarity of concept and outstanding technique. In 2000 he received the Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography. Since 2003, he has turned to a history theme, presenting a “History of History” comprising photographs he has taken plus collected objects. Since 2005 he has toured a retrospective show first in Japan then the US and Europe, at the same time sustaining a prolific output of new work. Photos such as those typified by the “Dioramas” series in which Sugimoto photographed museum dioramas, the “Theaters” series in which he captured movie theaters using long exposures, and the “Seascapes” series of photos of seas around the world demonstrate the artist’s unconventional concept of time, and spatial awareness. The “Seascapes” series produced with a large-format camera is entirely in monochrome, the photos shot so the horizon always falls in the center of the frame, relativizing the very existence of the ocean itself since time immemorial. In ＜Sea of Japan, Rebun Island＞ from the same series, the singular temporal and spatial qualities of the sea are given abstract expression, creating an unusual ambience. In recent years Sugimoto has been enthusiastically exploring new avenues of expression and possibilities for photography, for example in his “Lightning Fields” images, but “Seascapes” is an important series that may be regarded as representative of the artist’s oeuvre. |
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This Collection Data page contains the works and materials in the collection of 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, as of April 1, 2018.
Artists are listed alphabetically by artist’s surname.
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