HiroshiSugimoto:BlackBox

Since the 1970s, Hiroshi Sugimoto has employed a surreal and formalistic approach to explore ideas of time, empiricism, and metaphysics. Describing himself as a habitual self-interlocutor, Sugimoto uses the camera as a bridge between abstract questions and the quiet, comical nature of modern everyday life.

Whether he is formally photographing the wax figures at Madame Tussauds or the wildlife scenes at the American Museum of Natural History, or opening the lens of his eight-by-ten camera to capture a two-hour-long film in one exposure, he explores themes of consumerism, narrative, and existence in rich and evocative imagery.

This new project presents a survey of Sugimoto’s iconic work, from his calm seascapes to his more recent exploration of lightning fields and photogenic drawing. Created in conjunction with an upcoming exhibition at Fundación Mapfre in Spain, the survey includes an introduction and essay by writer and curator Philip Larratt-Smith, an interview with Sugimoto, and text by the prominent Brazilian artist Irando Espírito Santo.

作者简介

HiroshiSugimoto(born1948)isaJapanesephotographerandarchitect.HedivideshistimebetweenTokyoandNewYorkCity.Sugimotohasexhibitedextensivelyinmajormuseumsandgalleriesthroughouttheworld,andhisworkisheldinnumerouspubliccollections,includingTheMetropolitanMuseumofArt,NewYork;MuseumofContemporaryArt,Tokyo;NationalGallery,London;Na...